Posts Tagged ‘Humility’
A small/BIG reminder for us men – For Steve and Me and all my brothers
October 1, 2011 | 
Author I have often told soon-to-be-new parents that they needed to prepare for the event of when the doctor hands them their newborn baby. For when he, or she, hands them the baby, he, or she, will take convenience away from them from that point on. The fact is, I haven’t slept well in 7 years.
The truth is, though – it’s worth it. The rich life and truths and pictures in parenting so far outweigh any so-called independence that the benefits could be described as transcendent.
Andrew Peterson (song) here provides a helpful perspective. Take time to watch it after the bath, and the story and the prayers and the hugs’n kisses. You’ll be tired, but for the right reasons.
Posted in Lyrical Theology | 
Tags: Accountability, Dependency, Humility, Life, Loyalty, Parenting, Symbol | 
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Shame on us: The Abimelech Principle
(Reposting for my Apologetics Class)
I call this the Abimelech principle, because this is a situation that we are faced with too often as Christians – namely, a non-believer providing a better example of commitment to Christ or to the Gospel than us; or in the case of Abraham (Genesis 20), being rebuked by a non-believer over ethical issues. The truth is that I do not share Christ with others enough; I do not bear witness to the truth enough; I say that I cherish Him, but clearly don’t act as if I want enough others to cherish Him.
According to this video, that might mean that I am hating people. I am not trying to be melodramatic here. I know he, like Abimelech, is an unbeliever – but, maybe he’s right.
I do not share Christ with others enough. Of that I repent.
Posted in "Ruminations" | Tags: Accountability, Humility, salvation, The Gospel, Truth | No Comments »
DailyTheocentrism: What man cannot do-What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.Ecc 1:15
I think too of Luke 3:5 and Acts 13:10 . . .
We are “crooked souls tryin’ to stay up straight” and it’s like chasing the wind.
May we depend . . .
May we bend . . .
May we end our striving and know that He is God.
Posted in DailyTheocentrisms | Tags: Dependency, Ecclesiastes, Humility, Old Testament, Rest, salvation, Weakness | No Comments »
DailyTheocentrism:To glorify God is no more than to . . .
DailyTheocentrism:To glorify God is no more than to reflect His own glory unto Him in joyous worship.We bear nothing glorious in ourselves; rather His same warming glory that I bask in as His child-may I be found to radiate it for my life and reflect it out back to Him, who has given me.Reflection,I pray…
DailyTheocentrism: . . . the purpose: His Holy Name.
DailyTheocentrism:The event of the Assyrian/Babylonian captivity for the nation of Israel was so significant that all the prophetic books are about it,the nation never fully recovered from it,the kings disappeared after it;the purpose:His Holy Name. How important is His name to us?
Posted in DailyTheocentrisms | Tags: Accountability, God, Holiness, Humility, Israel, Judgment, Sovereignty | No Comments »