Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Not a Creative Title
It was much easier finding the rule that was most difficult for me. Well, to be more precise, it was easier finding the ruleS. I was able to narrow it down, however, to one rule of Taylor's observations, in particular, that I found to be the most challenging. That was the requirement to "take an active part in the praising of others, entertaining their good with delight". Yeah. That's not natural for me at all. I find it awkward praising others, especially because it feels like I'm not being completely honest with them. I can easily draw up a huge list of criticisms, but praising someone else requires me to put aside that 'list' and acknowledge the praiseworthy things in people. If there is a rule that I don't struggle with as much (and to be honest, I can only compare it to the difficulty of keeping the others rule, in order to keep a baseline. I struggle with all of these.) it would be the necessity to keep from comparing myself to others. I almost struggle with not considering this enough. Often, I don't even acknowledge the importance of making distinctions among people or myself. But I do see it as a blessing, because I know that it can be a real challenge for many of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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