existential mabel Posted July 28, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 151 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3,149 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 2,066 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/12/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 12:30 PM, GandalfTheWise said: Ultimately, I didn't trust God to deal with problems (both real and imagined) in other people's lives. I had to take care of it now because I was a watchman on the wall and if I would be sinning if I didn't call out each and every sin (real and imagined) that I saw. Gentleness, meekness, and patience became optional tools to be used on occasion to convince people I was right. I had become so deluded that I excused myself for not displaying these characteristics and fruits in my life. I started to read scripture primarily for learning how to find errors and correct problems; and not for learning more about God. I started to see others in bible verses that I read, and not myself. I found this helpful to warn me of wandering into a snare. It has helped me to reflect and do a reality check. As the fruit of the spirit gets covered over. For me anyway, in my enthusiasm to warn out. This is a long journey and we are each are at different stages of it. I still have much to learn -and having pointers on the way which is how I received this post- as helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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