i want to take a few moments to comment on the growing animocity between Christians these days. i think that the advice that a friend gave me in an email was the best advice for the current situation that me and friends find ourselves in. he said: "I miss just hanging out ... I also think that it would be good to just leave all of that behind, much the same way you leave your thesis behind ... lets talk about everything else too." i think that part of the conflict that i am having with my parents is that i do kinda sorta bring it upon myself.
i was reading corinthians this morning, 2 Cor 10 to be exact and this verse struck me:
2 Corinthians 10: 7&12
Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we. ... Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
we, as christians, are to give God the glory in everything that we do and i know that i am guilty of this, of bickering over the details and worrying over the details, but i feel that from these verses in Corinthians that Paul is telling the Corinthians and other Christians to not boast and not to argue among one another because when we do, we are "without understanding." this life is about walking with God and bringing Him the glory! Paul says in Romans 11:34: "For who has known the mind of the Lord" we do not have God's wisdom because we are human; it is through faith in Christ that the peace of grace and the wisdom of God is given to those who believe. i pray that we all try to live as Christians, supporting and uplifting one another, not trying to tear each other down over the "correctness" of our belief over thiers.
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