is one of the things I check in my life very often.
However, as much as I'd like to minimize it, it just finds its way back so easily. No wonder my leaders always say, pride is linearly related with age.
Despite the sense of sinfulness I feel, I give thanks to God, who always humble me with many incidents.
The past few weeks have been eventful. I told the Lord I'd want to build my house on the rock instead of sand.
Matthew 7 24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Meaning, I want to listen and obey. "it's easier said than done." is indeed so. One way in which pride has found its way in me is that I'm well content with my head knowledge.
And so,
Trial #1: Love your enemy. Ah! I'm greatly humbled. It's so hard you know, especially when the person has hurt you for so many years.
Moral of the story: Don't anyhow pray The Lord hears your prayers.
John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
Trial #2: Love your neighbour as yourself.
This is hard when people take you for granted or when people exploit your niceness.
I'm especially tempted to just glare at people (who are boarding the train) who stand right at the door of the MRT. It's especially tempting to give people who squeezed right through my "killer stare" (as an ex-coworker puts it). I'm tempted to give a stern face instead of my normal smile to people taking my order when I sense that they'll give me worse service because of how "young" I look.
I could justify it with: Jesus told us to be shrewd as well.
Arghed.
Many questions to think about.
1. Should we only be nice to people who are nice to us? 2. Then again, what is being loving? How to draw the line?
Too many for people who'd be reading this to digest. I'll consult "high council".
Moral of the story: Don't be a trial to others The heart - it's deeper than it seems.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
blessed by Father; wHeE
Friday, May 23, 2008
Yay.. Cook won! Cook won!
blessed by Father; wHeE
Friday, May 16, 2008
Am preparing a bible study about law. I recall something interesting my friend told me.
[Exaggerated version]
Friend (to her brother): Why are you so free? Why don't you go memorize some bible verse or something?
Brother: (trying to find excuse to not do it) Oh, I memorized some already.
Friend: Okay, let me test you. Tell me the ten commandments.
Brother: (smugly) You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And.. You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
Friend: ...
FYI, Jesus summarized the ten commandments into these two.
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." --Matthew 22
