So I just deleted a post.  Most probably never read it.  But I had the revelation that it was more of a prideful rant than something eddifying or encouraging.

If you read it and were slimed I’m sorry.

Pride is one of those things… and I’ve got a lot of it… which is bad… I repent… help God!

James 4:7-8 (paraphrased) Humble yourself before God, oppose the devil and he will leave you.  Come near to Abba and He will come near to you.  Wash your hands, change your ways; and repent from your hearts not merely your exterior before men.

This is what I need to do… I need to go low… I feel better now 🙂

Bless you dear readers, (if your out there…)

-Tom

p.s. This is from a commentary on biblegateway.com it’s a really good commentary written about James 4:4-12 (at least I’m enjoying it). This paragraph is primarily about verse 4.

“James simply writes with a stronger conviction of the seriousness of sin than most of us are willing to hold. In fact he writes with a sense of moral outrage. Consider Davids’s rendering of the beginning of this paragraph: ” `Adulteresses!’ the author cries” (1982:160). We should accept James’s terms, learn from his acute sense of moral right and wrong, and apply it to ourselves in fear of the judgment that comes to any who are not true Christians. Harboring bitter envy and selfish ambition, with the actions of fighting and quarreling, makes us adulterous people who are treating God with hatred and enmity.”

I got really convicted when reading the underlined part… it kinda started the whole “I should delete that post” idea.  The words in italics really hit home.  Wow, I love Jesus, I’m glad He uses things like commentaries, and the Word to convict my heart, so that more intense/painful things don’t have to happen for me to pay attention and repent.  God gives grace to the humble, Amen?