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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Clothed with humility

Do we despise and detest our earthly parent chastening and correction? why we do? And for you, how do you react to your parents after you have been chastened or in the mist of correction? you "shut your ear", "saying :ok,ok,ok". For the older ones, you argued, quarrel and finally you walked out of the house. I guess all of us more or less have gone thru this stages of our life, but when you becomes parents yourself, like myself, father of 3, then you begin to understand why your parent has to chasten and correct you while you are young. I recalled a verse in the book of Job where Job says concerning Jehovah:
Does it seem good to You to oppress, to despise the work of Your hands and favor the designs of the wicked? (Job 10:3)
Do you think that we, parent would like to chasten our children for no reason? The Lord says : whom HE loves HE corrects, likewise, whom we loves our children, we corrects. Be the chastening and correction from our dear Lord, parents or even teachers. The most important things is to have these few things: "Heart of Repentance, Heart of Learning and a Heart of Loving. Of course, you need the fruits of the Spirit to assist you. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law (Gal 5:22). We all will have our shared of being chastened or being corrected, be it you are the one chastening or being chastened, because the Head of every man is Christ.
Remember : Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE (1Peter 5:5). Lastly, We all desire to be delighted by our Heavenly Father, don't we?

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