Love covers a multitude of complacencies
I'm still amazed at how the Lord works in my life. How he decides it the best way to communicate to my heart. I'm still reading the "Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning, and there are so many times that words jump off the page and speak to my soul that I spend more time thinking about the book than reading it.
The last chunk of ramblings I picked up on, I've been mulling over for two days. On p.84 he writes: "Without personal honesty I can easily construct an image of myself that is rather impressive. Complacency will then replace delight in God." How true in my life. Lesson 1: I need to love God and love myself so to be honest with myself so to avoid complacency in my walk. Simple enough to say. But yesterday, something happened that made me realize something deeper in this little saying. That in God's design of the Church, he not only wants us to love and be honest with ourselves, but wants others to love and be honest with us. See it's one thing for us to say "it's all good" and ignore the areas of laziness, but it's another thing for others to do that for you and thus you lose accountability. Here's what I'm saying. The Creator has taken seriously my request for growth by placing me in a situation that I am surrounded by people for love me. And because love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8), including complacency, I have people in my life that are willing to be honest and say what they see I don't see. It's kind of a double edge sword. On one hand it's hurtful to hear some words, but upon deeper reflection it's my flesh that's being torn down (a good thing) and by spirit being built up.
All in all, I'm grateful and relieved that God takes me seriously and only desires the very best for me. Each time I get to a place in my journey to take time to look back on what "I've" accomplished, I get complacent and start building an impressive image of myself and forgo delight in God. My eyes get off him and on me. But because God loves me and has sent people to me that love him and as a result love me... My back is covered, and so is my habit of satisfactory mediocricy.
"To God be the Glory, great things he has done", is doing and going to do.
Roach out.
The last chunk of ramblings I picked up on, I've been mulling over for two days. On p.84 he writes: "Without personal honesty I can easily construct an image of myself that is rather impressive. Complacency will then replace delight in God." How true in my life. Lesson 1: I need to love God and love myself so to be honest with myself so to avoid complacency in my walk. Simple enough to say. But yesterday, something happened that made me realize something deeper in this little saying. That in God's design of the Church, he not only wants us to love and be honest with ourselves, but wants others to love and be honest with us. See it's one thing for us to say "it's all good" and ignore the areas of laziness, but it's another thing for others to do that for you and thus you lose accountability. Here's what I'm saying. The Creator has taken seriously my request for growth by placing me in a situation that I am surrounded by people for love me. And because love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8), including complacency, I have people in my life that are willing to be honest and say what they see I don't see. It's kind of a double edge sword. On one hand it's hurtful to hear some words, but upon deeper reflection it's my flesh that's being torn down (a good thing) and by spirit being built up.
All in all, I'm grateful and relieved that God takes me seriously and only desires the very best for me. Each time I get to a place in my journey to take time to look back on what "I've" accomplished, I get complacent and start building an impressive image of myself and forgo delight in God. My eyes get off him and on me. But because God loves me and has sent people to me that love him and as a result love me... My back is covered, and so is my habit of satisfactory mediocricy.
"To God be the Glory, great things he has done", is doing and going to do.
Roach out.
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