Friends, if we find that we are unable to be kind and approachable, perhaps it is time to revisit the idea of self-examination and testing . . . something that very, very few Christians "do."
What was the last thing that you had tested and examined within yourself? And, how did you overcome your errors when realized that you were wrong?
As for me, I have been examining, and testing, this very idea of being kind and gentle to each other. I found that in the face of being pressured, I wasn't responding well. I found that, especially when I am being pressured, this is when I need to be even more Graceful and Understanding. For if I do not possess the same Grace and Understanding that Christ has given to me, then perhaps He never gave it to me in the first place . . . and that if a very frightening notion.
I have been focusing on change for a while, now, and have improved, but it is this public confession that will help to propel me into a further demonstration of the Life of Christ. This public confession brings remarkable accountability, and accountability that I don't dare cross and destroy.
If any of you ever find me to be mean and cruel, I ask that you would correct me, and be the model by which I might follow.
What was the last thing that you had tested and examined within yourself? And, how did you overcome your errors when realized that you were wrong?
As for me, I have been examining, and testing, this very idea of being kind and gentle to each other. I found that in the face of being pressured, I wasn't responding well. I found that, especially when I am being pressured, this is when I need to be even more Graceful and Understanding. For if I do not possess the same Grace and Understanding that Christ has given to me, then perhaps He never gave it to me in the first place . . . and that if a very frightening notion.
I have been focusing on change for a while, now, and have improved, but it is this public confession that will help to propel me into a further demonstration of the Life of Christ. This public confession brings remarkable accountability, and accountability that I don't dare cross and destroy.
If any of you ever find me to be mean and cruel, I ask that you would correct me, and be the model by which I might follow.