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Date Posted: 08:23:47 12/09/02 Mon
Larry Thanks for writing the commentary. It took a lot of guts to join
the coolhombres in the first place. I respect and enjoy your
willingness to share.
In your commentary you brought up a desire of mine. Joy is something
that I would like more of. The problem is my decisions are made with
the goal of fulfilling both well-thought and impulsive desires before
considering others. Because of this, joy is short lived.
Because I am consistently trying to bring joy into my life, I almost
always forget about the unassuming nature. It is this characteristic
that allows joy to be consistently lived. It is the unassuming nature
that will yield joy in struggles and in good times.
Consider your friend at work. I don?t know his situation, but at one
time he loved his wife. He did, or he would not have made a public
pledge to love her. He may be in the right to leave her, like I said, I
don?t know. But by taking on an unassuming nature he could love his wife
today. Taking this on daily, he could begin to find joy in her in an
increasing way. Imagine the excitement of joy restored!
I couldn?t agree with you more when you wrote that people just seem to
stay joyless. I am one of them until I take on the unassuming nature.
This nature that is so unassuming is humility. Unfortunately we don?t
seem to get it. It is contradictory to just about every desire we hang
on to.
Pride eventually will result in disgrace. I personally was reminded of
this three months ago. Visibly, I was hard towards a family member. I
won?t go into details, but what she had done will effect her for the
rest of her life and others (including me) as well. I held a grudge for
eight months. My view of her was lowered. For me to take on the
unassuming nature I had to be broken, repent to God, and ask for my sister?s
forgiveness. This was a humiliating experience.
Joy is the result of it. I now have a caring desire to serve my
sister. I also am enjoying being an uncle. People would tell me that my
attitude would change once the child was born. Perhaps they were right.
Seeing a child is precious. However, God decided to change me before
the birth of my niece. I still struggle with some things; but overall,
joy has replaced my hardness towards my sister.
Taking on this unassuming nature is only made possible by a big God
humbling himself to be a little baby. The message that this baby brought,
and eventually died for is contradictory to anything that
self-motivated reason will justify.
Friends, ask to be humbled. Because of Christ, joy will be complete.
See John 16:24. This is a detail that is increasingly becoming
important to me.
ds
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