Comments on: I know they’re all sad, but… http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2008/10/19/i-know-theyre-all-sad-but/ When being stupid is smart Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: happy_moron http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2008/10/19/i-know-theyre-all-sad-but/comment-page-1/#comment-181 happy_moron Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:20:02 +0000 http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2008/10/19/i-know-theyre-all-sad-but/#comment-181 You're absolutely correct. [Knowing who we are before God] = humility. What makes the job so much more difficult is that the devil plants lies in our lives, lies about who we are and what we are worth. Most often he does this when we're down and vulnerable. God gives us the ability to root out and discard these lies but we still have to get on our knees and do it. I'm afraid the wages of sin is death in the truest sense. You’re absolutely correct.
[Knowing who we are before God] = humility.

What makes the job so much more difficult is that the devil plants lies in our lives, lies about who we are and what we are worth. Most often he does this when we’re down and vulnerable.

God gives us the ability to root out and discard these lies but we still have to get on our knees and do it.

I’m afraid the wages of sin is death in the truest sense.

]]> By: Aliana http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2008/10/19/i-know-theyre-all-sad-but/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Aliana Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:17:31 +0000 http://thehappymoron.com/blog/2008/10/19/i-know-theyre-all-sad-but/#comment-180 It makes me think of the oft-cited 'humility lesson': "Do not think of yourself more highly [or lowly] than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment..." (Romans 12:3). Somehow this strikes me as one of the greatest challenges in life: to regard oneself objectively and truthfully. The only way I can get past the mess of my emotions, experiences and cultural worldview to see myself as I really am is, ironically, to look not at myself but at my creator. So then how do people do it who do not acknowledge a creator? It makes me think of the oft-cited ‘humility lesson’: “Do not think of yourself more highly [or lowly] than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment…” (Romans 12:3). Somehow this strikes me as one of the greatest challenges in life: to regard oneself objectively and truthfully. The only way I can get past the mess of my emotions, experiences and cultural worldview to see myself as I really am is, ironically, to look not at myself but at my creator. So then how do people do it who do not acknowledge a creator?

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