"I'm old and stupid!"

[Vine Abider]

3 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Hi, Oh boy do I disagree with that. Go figure eh? Again there just is no we between that thought and me.

"We" may not; but "I" can; both physically and spiritually.

Stupidity cannot be entertained as "my" excuse for not working at learning and  using  what I have learned, increasing skill by the doing and doing and then doing again better than the previous times. All of that being very hard work and very  necessary if I want to strive to win, physically and spiritually.

 I can add to my physical ability by training my muscular system and by best eating planning. I can increase my knowledge and thus my spiritual ability by reading the word of God in prayerful thought and by practicing the applications for today in what the Bible shares of the reveal of Yeshua.

I can, as the alternative, without striving become lazy in utilizing my God given potential abilities or even in allowing them to become furthering degraded skillsets, and then fall into the habit of excusing myself by saying "I am stupid".

But I am not stupid. I am quite aware - of my own physical and spiritual potential;  that doesn't allow me the excuse of stupidity.

I suggest it is not at all great speech for a team nor any adult individual to continue to claim stupidity as a justifying excuse for much of anything. For it is  in direct opposition to the thought shared by another as a reminder and exhortation- "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it."-Paul of Tarsus

Or even Satchel Paige's  " Don't look back something might be gaining on you" might be a much better apt end of year speech topic, But not "I'm stupid" ( And so are you). 

"Coach" finished with a season ending error. And now his team of individuals can go around saying I'm stupid, when they want to be lazy. 

Sorry to be so contrarian, but the one hit my hot button-

Offer no excuses. Never make excuse! Just do better, work at it always!

 

And when we fail, there's no condemnation.

[Vine Abider]

1 hour ago, Ray12614 said:

Very well said !!!   Sure, we many times do stupid things . . . BUT . . . to set that stupidity up as something to be an example is frankly setting the bar well below what Jesus wants from his disciples. The more that we study and fellowship with our Lord and Savior the less 'stupid things' we do.  IT is just that simple . . . so simple that even Ray can understand and press towards the high calling to become 'Christ like'.

I strongly suspect that there was much more in the man's talk with those boys about true repentance, and following Jesus . . . at least I hope so . . . but on the face value of the original post . . . I agree whole heartedly with Neighbor . . . 

Ray . . . 

BTW - Ray died . . . he was crucified with Christ.  How much can he do of Himself?

[com7fy8]

3 hours ago, Neighbor said:

 I can add to my physical ability by training my muscular system and by best eating planning. I can increase my knowledge and thus my spiritual ability by reading the word of God in prayerful thought and by practicing the applications for today in what the Bible shares of the reveal of Yeshua.

 

"But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." (Hebrews 5:14)

So, as we grow in Jesus, we mature in His "senses". Senses can tell us things that no amount of even correct words of knowledge can tell us. For example, even naturally, if you look at a harbor, your sense of sight shows you what you could never know about the harbor just by being given a description by even a very knowledgeable person. 

The Bible says, 

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

Knowledge of what God's word says about peace can not make us able to actually submit to God and how He personally rules us in His own peace. We need how God changes our character so we are submissive to Him in this peace, and in His grace we have senses for detecting how God at any moment is guiding us in His peace.

We can have knowledge so explain this, but we don't have time, at any moment, to figure out, from what we know, how God is ruling us. We need to be able to efficiently sense and submit to Him. 

And He is creative, in how He guides us, even bringing us to more and better than what we could think ahead of time. So . . . we won't be stupid while we are submitting to how God in us is ruling us in His own peace.

However, even though God is able to guide us better than our present knowledge can, His word has things to help us with this. Among other things, there are things which help us to know what is not God's peace ruling us >

"Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice." (Ephesians 4:31)

"Do all things without complaining and disputing," (Philippians 2:14)

"Be anxious for nothing," (in Philippians 4:6-7)

"swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath" (in James 1: 19-20).

"'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'" (Mark 11:25)

Forgiving is not stupid. 

And being humble . . .

[Starise]

King Solomon asked for wisdom, and was commented he asked for wisdom over wealth, so the Lord gave him both.

Later on he must have forgotten his wisdom because proceeded to do a bunch of stupid things.