- Ever get the feeling that something isn't right . . . in the middle of a test? Well, I had that feeling a few days ago. I consider that to be a very bad feeling, but one thing makes it worse: getting the test back to find out that your feeling was correct. In other words, I did poorly on a test. Frustrating, yes; demoralizing, no. I just get to look forward to the next test when I can apply myself harder. Look at life like a challenge. Challenges are a ton of fun when you beat them!
- Job 23:10-11:
[10] But He knows the way that I take;
When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
[11] My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2023;&version=50
NOTICE: In no way does the author believe that he is morally righteous as refined gold. He believes this because he knows it is lacking in truth. Such a statement of purity would be a lie.
Though Now We Weep
10 years ago
What are you saying with your "NOTICE"? Are you saying that Job isn't saying that he is righteous? Or are you saying that you yourself are not?
ReplyDeleteBrother Andrew, I--the self that seeks to enfold me--am the impure one. Only when the One works in me am I considered pure, but even then, I--my flesh--am not pure for the purity that anyone senses is truly a manifestation of the Supremacy who abides in this house, this body, this person.
ReplyDelete