“Ultimately, it's up to each of us to choose how we will live our lives, hold ourselves to high standards, and continually evaluate what's inside the image we see in the mirror.” -- Eric Harvey
I t is so easy to blame others - other people and circumstances. That is the nature of our flesh. We tend to focus on the "speck" in the eye of another. Instead, we should turn our attentioon to the "log" in our own eye. (See Matt. 7:4-5). When we do so ~ when we accept full responsibility for "who we see in the mirror" ~ when we thoroughly cleanse our own hearts with confession of sin and true repentance, the Father is faithrul to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Only then can we see clear, with both heart and eye!
Spiritual maturity demands that we continually turn our hearts to the King! He must ever be on the throne of our heart! When it is no longer about me, when it is all about Him, then, and only then, will we know true peace. Only then will we live our lives well; and, only then will we attain to the high standards that our Father's heart hearts for us to reach.
Isiaiah 40:31 - Those who wait upon the Lord (stand at his right hand - as a cupbearer of old, or as an excellent server in the best restaurant today - shall renew their strength. They (we) shall mount up on the wings of an eagle - to soar in the highest heavens! They (we) shall run and not be weary; we shall walk and not faint! PTL
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