A Real Meanie

"Make friends with your opponent quickly while he is taking you to court or he will hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer and the officer will throw you into prison. You will not get out until you have paid the last penny." Matt. 5:25

This might be a stretch and it might not be.

But I am making friends with the Critical Voice ( my opponent) quickly these days because the Critical Voice has the power to take me to court and hand me over to the judge and the judge to the officer and before I know it, I'm in a prison of condemnation and will stay there until I pay the last penny my judgment against me requires. And it is never satisfied. And that Critical Voice/Judge/Officer is not a nice person.

You can bet my Critical Voice can hardly accuse me of anything that I don't agree with quickly and then soothe her criticalness with acceptance and patience and explanations and kindness and sometimes a little humor.

We make friends quickly.

Foibles and Baubles

Because my granddaughter is surrounded by beau coup of aunts and uncles, I am finding I have a lot of "competition" for her attention/affection. In fact, not surprisingly, I'm totally ignored by her when they are around. 

Initially, that took some getting use to. (I was use to being the Queen Bee with my little ones.) But because I am a Big Girl and because I understand life, I willingly wait until no one is around and then I know I'll have Grandmother/Granddaughter Time.

I am watching myself do the same thing to God. I give Him time and attention when I am not distracted by all the Foibles and Baubles of Life. I give Him time and attention after I finally exhaust all of my Distractions and have nothing left but Him.,

Not a point for condemnation - mainly observation and the suspicion that He's a Big Boy and will wait. Still, I'm not 2 and I'd prefer to treat Him better.

Exiting Sanctification

The Person You Marry is the tool you offer up to God to fashion you into His likeness. That is why marriage is a Sacrament. A Sacrament is something that sanctifies.

Likewise, if you are not married, your Not Married State is the tool you offer up to God to fashion you into His likeness.

Did you really think that being sanctified was going to feel good all the time?

Did you really think that being fashioned into His likeness was going to feel good all the time?

That is why one doesn't exit just because one is not feeling good, else we exit sanctification.