And will a quiz on Quizilla help me sort that out? Got this from redmom
Yes indeed, you see true strength can only be seen when a person has "fallen". Only then can one tell how they will handle it. Just don't make others fall so you can know who they really are. You, on the other hand, may be a very quick recoverer and don't let people bring you down. You are your own, and you're fine with that. Emotional issues are something you handle rather nicely.
Um, yeah. That describes me in a way. I am rather intolerant of people who seem to just want to whine about their problems and not do anything about them. And I do believe that how you handle failure speaks volumes to your character.
Oh yeah, and it really irks me when people talk about being out of the will of God and facing spiritual warfare over TRIVIAL matters. I think we all know these people (hopefully none of you, or you'll never visit me again). A series of inconveniences and perhaps a rude comment is equated with persecution and the attack of the enemy. There are real Christians facing real issues and some of us mope and whine because of a flat tire. I can't imagine this attitude leading to singing hymns with Paul in chains in some Roman prison. No wonder Christianity seems to be in crisis at the moment. The prayers of the righteous availeth much. Not the prayers of the winger.
Christ does not tell us to give up and feel sorry for ourselves. He tells us to go. We have the Holy Spirit as comforter. Make disciples of men. But to make a disciple, you have to be the master. And to be the master, you have to walk as The Master walked. And to do that, you have to know His Word. And realize that this is not an easy road. We are promised persecution...and that was not talking about some guy sneering because of educational choices. We are promised joy, but that comes from hope of something as yet not fully seen.
And just for the record: the number of typos in the text from Quizilla bothered me, too. So much that I went back and edited, something I rarely do for a blog entry. And in so doing (along with taking out all the breaks so this entry did not take up an entire page), I inadvertantly clipped the code that takes you back to Quizilla. Oops...guess you'll have to visit redmom...but be careful of that biting tongue of hers
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Mar. 5, 2006 - Bwahahaha!
I like what you have to say about persecution vs. trivial matters. So true.