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I feel the need to write but am finding it hard to say the things I should say. Somehow, I got caught up in reading blogs of people who describe themselves as being “watchdogs” of the Christian faith. They take the liberty of informing the rest of us who’s doing Christianity the right way and who’s doing it the wrong way. Now i’m all for somebody pointing out a wolf in sheep’s clothing so I can cautiously investigate the alleged “wolf”, however, I find that, sometimes, the response to what the “watchdog” has found leads to endless arguments between the brothers and sisters reading, myself included, based on nothing more than the desire to be right. I just don’t know how to read these blogs without actually getting caught up in the debate? But I do know how and that is my sin. The Bible clearly says we shouldn’t argue among ourselves because it leads people away from faith. I am guilty of this as much as anyone can be guilty. And now I ask my Father to forgive me for all my foolishness and pray I learn from this so I don’t keep diving into this sin over and over again. I seemed to be doing well there for awhile, yielding to the Holy Spirit when He told me to stop what I was doing and walk away. But this time, I ignored Him and just made myself look bad because of my anger and pride. My pride was hurt and that made me ignore the Holy Spirit regarding this matter. I pray that in documenting this fact, I will always remember to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and obey Him because He knows the path I should follow. I also hope the people I was arguing with would be able to forgive me because I am truly sorry. I don’t know how to do life apart from Christ anymore, but am still trying to learn how to do life with Him as well.

2 Timothy 2:23-24
23 Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights. 24 A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people.

3 comments:

revolution said...

i, too, need to take a break from that site.

Yard[D]og said...

well said ...

kaluwasan said...

I am humbled by your post and I am sorry that you were hurt. Sometimes our anger and pride does get in the way of seeing things clearly (i am guilty as well).
It really shouldn't be about who is right and who is wrong but on what is right and what is wrong and sometimes my opinions get in the way of knowing what is right because I want to be right. There is nothing wrong with discussing because this is how we learn.
May God bless you as you continue to seek and obey Him. He will never leave us nor forsake us.