And life continues....
Well let's see..... been days since I posted anything and much has actually happened. But I am at a loss for what to really say.
Like you all I have good days and bad days. I hate to admit it sometimes but it sure seems like my bad days outnumber my good days. I can only assume that I am not the only one who feels that way.
Moving on.......
So been reading and I have been shown another issue of life that I have taken up as a "habit". Scornful... Hard to admit a sin sometimes, but then again if we do not confess them God cannot do a work in our life to help us overcome them now can He? I was not at all "surprised" by this revelation. To be honest I think God has been tying to point it out to me for some time now. But of course being human I either ignored Him or would not accept it as being a problem I had. However, when I was reading Proverbs 22:10, I was shown what else God could work on in my life if I would only confess and forsake this particular sin in my life.
I will be honest, not an easy thing to do "humanly speaking". I mean I try to change things in my life to be a better person, father, and husband. Unfortunately I seem to constantly fail. Problem? I am a human that is sinful and does not have the power in and off myself to overcome these sins. All is not lost. God is on our side. When we confess the sin and then ask God to help us we can succeed. Will there be testings and trials? Yes, of course. BUT God allows them to help us grow and change. Honestly, you would never expect a person to become better at anything unless they are challenged to be better. I think sometimes God does the same thing. With human challenges we can "fail" in other words not be able to complete the challenge to the satisfaction of the challenger. However, when we face a trial that God has allowed..... There really is no failure. You either pass because God has given you the grace to over-come or you have learned to turn to Him immediately to help you over-come. Well, I guess we can say you can sorta fail. If you fall back into the "temptation" used for the trial, it could be looked as failure, but how do you respond to it? Realize that you have not achieved and need God's help more than ever? Or realize that maybe you really did not ask God honestly for the help to over-come?
I am no great man of insight. I could be way off base here. But I think you either can give a problem to God and let Him help you over-come it; or you "pretend" to give it to God and in reality keep struggling with it in your own power. Which means when the challenge comes you win no matter what the out-come is when it is over-come with God's help or the stumble and fall causes you to realize how much more you need God to help you. How could anyone look at the "failure" to over-come as a defeat, when it draws their heart to God? Now of course you could just give up and say it is to hard. But then you would have to ignore so much of what God has done. Is there anything to hard for God? You think your struggle (one of which in my case is being scornful) is not surmountable. You cannot defeat this great foe..... Sorry, but you have to chose which is truth. God is greater than all or your struggles are. You cannot pick which is greater to suit your thinking at that time.
I am kinda trying to boost myself here and using this "format" to maybe help you. I know I am not the only one with struggles. I know there are a few people reading this from time to time. If this helps you some.... To God be the glory, not me. I am just trying to leave some "insight" God has shown me to maybe help others.
Laterz.....
Like you all I have good days and bad days. I hate to admit it sometimes but it sure seems like my bad days outnumber my good days. I can only assume that I am not the only one who feels that way.
Moving on.......
So been reading and I have been shown another issue of life that I have taken up as a "habit". Scornful... Hard to admit a sin sometimes, but then again if we do not confess them God cannot do a work in our life to help us overcome them now can He? I was not at all "surprised" by this revelation. To be honest I think God has been tying to point it out to me for some time now. But of course being human I either ignored Him or would not accept it as being a problem I had. However, when I was reading Proverbs 22:10, I was shown what else God could work on in my life if I would only confess and forsake this particular sin in my life.
I will be honest, not an easy thing to do "humanly speaking". I mean I try to change things in my life to be a better person, father, and husband. Unfortunately I seem to constantly fail. Problem? I am a human that is sinful and does not have the power in and off myself to overcome these sins. All is not lost. God is on our side. When we confess the sin and then ask God to help us we can succeed. Will there be testings and trials? Yes, of course. BUT God allows them to help us grow and change. Honestly, you would never expect a person to become better at anything unless they are challenged to be better. I think sometimes God does the same thing. With human challenges we can "fail" in other words not be able to complete the challenge to the satisfaction of the challenger. However, when we face a trial that God has allowed..... There really is no failure. You either pass because God has given you the grace to over-come or you have learned to turn to Him immediately to help you over-come. Well, I guess we can say you can sorta fail. If you fall back into the "temptation" used for the trial, it could be looked as failure, but how do you respond to it? Realize that you have not achieved and need God's help more than ever? Or realize that maybe you really did not ask God honestly for the help to over-come?
I am no great man of insight. I could be way off base here. But I think you either can give a problem to God and let Him help you over-come it; or you "pretend" to give it to God and in reality keep struggling with it in your own power. Which means when the challenge comes you win no matter what the out-come is when it is over-come with God's help or the stumble and fall causes you to realize how much more you need God to help you. How could anyone look at the "failure" to over-come as a defeat, when it draws their heart to God? Now of course you could just give up and say it is to hard. But then you would have to ignore so much of what God has done. Is there anything to hard for God? You think your struggle (one of which in my case is being scornful) is not surmountable. You cannot defeat this great foe..... Sorry, but you have to chose which is truth. God is greater than all or your struggles are. You cannot pick which is greater to suit your thinking at that time.
I am kinda trying to boost myself here and using this "format" to maybe help you. I know I am not the only one with struggles. I know there are a few people reading this from time to time. If this helps you some.... To God be the glory, not me. I am just trying to leave some "insight" God has shown me to maybe help others.
Laterz.....
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