tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36362337.post5101518753400181727..comments2023-06-13T07:26:18.834-04:00Comments on Sweet Tea With Lemon: Some Thoughts After the Women's RetreatRebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959946409918907667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36362337.post-21215452045196920352010-04-25T17:47:59.636-04:002010-04-25T17:47:59.636-04:00Thank you, Elle. Your comments are very encouragi...Thank you, Elle. Your comments are very encouraging to me in this struggle. I love what you said about asking, "What does God say about this?" This is where I need to rest and practice. And yes, we can most definitely rest in the certainty of His finishing us. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959946409918907667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36362337.post-29267437720703177752010-04-25T17:14:35.904-04:002010-04-25T17:14:35.904-04:00Hey Rebecca,
I appreciate what you have written. ...Hey Rebecca,<br /><br />I appreciate what you have written. Sinful pride has been a besetting sin in my life as well. I praise God for His sanctifying work that has known no bounds in both the cleansing and purifying necessary to make me His servant and not "self-imagined mistress of myself". <br /><br />Anyway, two things I thought of while reading this that made a real difference in my life. 1) God never had to start loving me because He has always loved me. 2) Rom. 12:3, "Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."<br /><br />The 1st one renewed me in understanding His foreordaining love in Christ to me. The second taught me that the point is not to think too highly OR too lowly but to think rightly. As His Word has transformed my thinking and is conforming me, thinking rightly is a humbling and necessary spiritual discipline. In practice, when I doubt or feel inadequate or guilty or whatever, I have to ask myself, "What does God say about this?" His answer is always there--in correction and guidance.<br /><br />I apologize for being so long in your comments but this post hit it home for me, and I hope that my comments will encourage you. I'm not a finished work (on this earth) by any means, but I rest in the certainty of His finishing me.Lisa Hellierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247624724011594390noreply@blogger.com