Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Hey peeps!
Sorry for the lateness of my post!! Hows everyone so far?? Busy?? Things are piling up, times are running out! I understand u all!! haahahha.... This week is our last cell..... SO SAD.... and it means final exams are coming soon!! Wahhh.... So much to do, so little time. But with God, nothing is impossible right? Amen? Hehehe....
Yesterday reading is on the topic SAY YES TO INTEGRITY
The day before we looked at hypocrisy right? Integrity is the opposite of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is ignoring the plank in your eye, whereas integrity is removing the plank from your eye. Integrity also mean that you make up your mind in advance to do the right thing. Plan ahead. Its not a spontaneous matter eh, but tell people what you're planning to do.
How to choose integrity???
1) Choose to speak the truth- this truth is not only about others, but about ourselves!! Ouch. For me, last time I used to ignore the truth about myself. But now its Jesus' command to do so. Get the plank out of our own eye. I know its not that easy, but with God, we can do all things right? :)
2) Choose to be honest about faults- Admit our faults to someone. I found it real hard to admit my faults to someone, because of my own pride. Somehow when u want to be honest to someone about ur faults, ur mind will filled with all kinds of worries and questions. Will the person excuse me if I told him/her about my faults? Will the person reject me? Hmmm.... But I tell u what, a good friend won't do that. Instead they will be a good listeners and take u seriously. Not the Gael style eh!! HAha....
3) Choose to ask for God's help- I like the last sentence of this chapter! "Integrity is recognising that without God's help we don't have the power to say no, but that with His help we have a new power to say yes to high and mighty things." To be precise without God, we can do nothing. Without God, will we still be here? Will I still be able to think, write, walk etc.? I highly doubt it. God gives us what we have now, what we are going to have. Same applies to integrity. :) With God's help, we not only have the power to say no to low and vulgar things, but we also have access to high and mighty things!! Which is God!! Wow... How amazing God's love is!!
So what's ur decision today? Continue to ignore the plank in ur eyes or pluck it out and depend on God's power??? I know pluck the plank out from ur eyes will hurt alot. But look at the bigger picture!! God will help us!! Just depend on His power, that we are able to do all things. :)
Lotsa Lurveeeeeeee,
Michelle