Open wide your mouth!
I have no doubt that my marriage is one of the loudest ways, my Father speaks to me. After lunch today, Holly was silent. She wasn't mad. But she was disappointed. She saw (and heard) her husband, her leader, behave poorly in the eyes of some who might think highly of him.
I've been spending the past half-hour asking God to break my heart and mind and now I ask you to forgive me as well. (Sorry Joe if this is a little ambiguous.) The short of it is that I know that God was not pleased with the words, tone, and sarcasm that came from my mouth. Kevin was right -- we should be looking for ways to encourage not destroy. His rebuke to us should not be taken lightly.
Ironically, the verse for the week of Passion, was "I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10)
And so now my prayer is"Please fill my mouth, God, with words of praise, encouragement, and light."
I'm not torturing myself over this. I know I am forgiven. But sometimes I look at my life and realize I don't live like it. (compliments to Beth M.) My friends, we are better than this...right? I invite comments and posts to this...as I believe we've stepped away from mutual edification (albeit just for lunch). Let us come back to the well and find Jesus reminding us that true worship may not look like the picture in our minds.
I'm going there now.
I've been spending the past half-hour asking God to break my heart and mind and now I ask you to forgive me as well. (Sorry Joe if this is a little ambiguous.) The short of it is that I know that God was not pleased with the words, tone, and sarcasm that came from my mouth. Kevin was right -- we should be looking for ways to encourage not destroy. His rebuke to us should not be taken lightly.
Ironically, the verse for the week of Passion, was "I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10)
And so now my prayer is"Please fill my mouth, God, with words of praise, encouragement, and light."
I'm not torturing myself over this. I know I am forgiven. But sometimes I look at my life and realize I don't live like it. (compliments to Beth M.) My friends, we are better than this...right? I invite comments and posts to this...as I believe we've stepped away from mutual edification (albeit just for lunch). Let us come back to the well and find Jesus reminding us that true worship may not look like the picture in our minds.
I'm going there now.
posted by justin at 2:55 PM
1 Comments:
This whole thing gave me the creeps. Before yesterday, I would have never guessed that this group would have such a critical and judgemental conversation, and it kinda makes me sad. My sadness has nothing to do with any person individually (I'm pretty sure everyone would agree that we still think highly of you, Justin), I just hate that we let the conversation go so far. It's frustrating how easily our flesh takes over, how before we know it Satan rears his ugly head.
But like you said, we are forgiven. It's a fact. An incredibly humbling fact, but a fact nonetheless...and for that we should rejoice.
My prayer...
"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give [us] a spirit of unity among [ourselves] as [we] follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth [we] may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 15:5-6
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