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today's devotional: move over mean girl. { from Proverbs 31 Ministries}
"Then Jesus said to His disciples, 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me'"- Matthew 16:24 {NIV}
According to our key verse today, Jesus says we must do three things. But these aren't three easy steps. They are three shifts of the heart: we have to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him.
...excerpt from Proverbs 31 Ministries website.
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this is EASILY the hardest thing for me to do.
deny myself?
DON'T say the first thing that comes to my mind?
take up my cross?
take responsibility for what *I* may have done to contribute to the situation?
and follow Him?
let the Holy Spirit wash over me and direct my next move?
..gosh. that's hard.
because when my kids are screaming over what i know is something trivial {but to them it's the world},
when charlie is mean and hurtful and says something that cuts deep,
when i don't get my desired response for doing something right,
when i'm tired or cranky or it's that time of the month,
....what ever the circumstance...
i don't want to.
i want to be mean too.
that hurt i'm feeling? i want everyone else to feel that way too.
if i'm miserable, join me. be my company.
but that's not what we're called to do.
we're called to be more like Him.
(but can you just imagine, Jesus flipping out on everyone? for a split second, that'd be funny.)
lol
back to the point.
(ahem)
kiranda...don't be a douche.
get over yourself. look in a mirror.
and let the Holy Spirit dictate your actions.
let people see Christ through how you live.
okay. i think i can do that.
i needed this. thank you so much. i've been feeling down/crazy even though i know how blessed i am :) and i love that "did i stutter". i'd share it on my fb wall, but, that's right--i deleted it this year! lol have a great weekend, beautiful!
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