What’s the Cross Got to Do with It? – a Post for Me
Posted in The Historical Faith and tagged with Bible, Cross, Me, Sin on May 20, 2010Welcome to the Ignorant Historian! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
More times than I’d like to admit, my words and actions are silently asking, “What’s the Cross got to do with it?”
Though I can talk the talk of a good Christian, my feet too often stray.
I don’t like how I just said that: it’s not that my feet stray off the good path, I do.
But that’s hard to admit, isn’t it?
See? I just turned it around to you, pulling you into my guilt.
But I am the hypocrite.
Need to take care of the log in my eye before the speck in yours.
I love the Lord…why do my actions not reflect that more?
It doesn’t help when I hear the praises of those around me for my goodness.
They don’t see the selfish desires that fill my thoughts.
They don’t see me when I’m alone.
Because I don’t let them.
So, what’s the Cross got to do with it, Ronnica?
Everything.
Stop living for your own pleasures. As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. – Ephesians 4:1
Stop walking in your own strength. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. – 1 Corinthians 1:25
Stop acting like you’re #1 in your life. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. – Philippians 2:3
May 20th, 2010 at 8:17 am
We are all human… and whatever your faith is, as long as you strive to do your best, and live your best that is all anyone can ask of you.
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May 20th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Very good heart-probing thoughts, friend. Keep it up.
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May 20th, 2010 at 9:20 am
“Need to take care of the log in my eye before the speck in yours.”
I read this in a book just yesterday and it’s so important to remember. It’s a really great book – called “A New Earth”. It says we are so quick to point out flaws in other people because it makes our own ego feel superior in some way – once we recognise that the ego is not US, we can make the choice not to feed it by living aware of our purpose, aware of the ego, and aware of who we are. Great post, and always good to remind ourselves of these things:)
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May 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Greetings from Malaysia again! Just want to say thank you for dropping by my blog on my SITS day. Thank you again and hope to see you back here sometime! :D
Warmest Regards,
Jenny aka I’m a full-time mummy
(http://imafulltimemummy.blogspot.com/)
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May 24th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Emily Jane: It’s a time-proven biblical principle!