Archive | March, 2008

I was very humbled pondering upon this quote. Thanks June for passing it on!

“Pure Christian humility is silent about the sins of others, or speaks of them with grief and pity. The spiritually proud person finds fault with other saints for their lack of progress in grace, while the humble Christian sees so much evil in his own heart, and is so concerned about it, that he is not apt to be very busy with other hearts.

One under the influence of spiritual pride is more apt to instruct others than to ask questions. Such a person naturally puts on the airs of a master. The eminently humble Christian thinks he needs help from everybody, whereas the spiritually proud person thinks everybody needs his help. Christian humilty entreats and beseeches, spiritual pride commands and warns with authority.”

~Jonathon Edwards

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Week to week….Sunday to Sunday…friends and family will ask, how was your week? They may also ask: what did you do this past week? How often do you actually remember what took place this past week? I really have to think about it. Recently I have been struck by the fact that I have been living week by week without much thought to my doings…why else could I not remember? Doesn’t this reveal a lack of purposefulness? Yes, I try my best to plan my day, but in the long run, am I really thinking about how I as a wife and mother can invest purposefully in the lives of my family and others around me this week.

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While reading, Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You by Paul David Tripp, recently, I have been pondering the value and importance of examining ourselves and taking greater thought to whether we are living each day for our own desires (our little kingdom), or whether we are investing purposefully in the True Kingdom of God.

Tripp says, “We were never meant to be self-focused kings ruling minuscule little kingdoms with a population of one. Sure, it’s right for you to care about your health, your job, your house, your family…Yet it is a functional human tragedy to live only for those things…you were created to be an ‘above and more’ being. You were made to be transcendent.”

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Varying emotions, fluctuating feelings, battling discouragement or feeling overwhelmed – these all describe me during that lovely time of the month, and it hit me in full force this week. The battle to stay on top of these emotions is a consistent struggle. The enemy is constantly striving to cause us to blame these sinful outbursts upon these changes (whether it be PMS, post-pardum, etc.) and lose sight of the greater purpose of pushing us to greater dependence upon God.

So how do we deal with these in a Biblical manner?

I have been so edified by the series that Girltalk has been hosting lately on these issues, titled PMS Prep. I encourage you to check it out.

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