What Do You Know About Yourself?

I am sure that you hear people say "well that's just who I am". I hear it often when someone is justifying some behavior or opinion. No one wants to use the SIN word anymore , but did you know that our Heavenly Father calls bad behavior SIN. We all do it everyday. He even warns us about that. It is our nature to SIN. But, excuses are never OK. The main reason that we should be just as opposed to it as Daddy is that it always separates us from others and Him. Billy and I had such a wonderful marriage because we learned to not only apologize when we exhibited one of those behaviors but we also agreed to let the other probe to the root cause of that behavior. The root was often lodged deep in our hearts from judgements and unforgiveness that was placed there from a painful past experience. The festering wound could rise up at any time and defile almost anyone but expecially a loved one. How many marriages could be saved , families restored ,friendships mended if we all could quickly acknowledge our bad behavior and then pray and confess the root. This last process would set us on a journey to be more like Jesus. "I am a child of God, made in the image of God and being restored to the likeness of Him. Oh Yes, What does a child of God look like? Most often these traits are found in the descriptions like, (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, Self-Control) I challenge you to descover your true self. Love ya, Mom, Nana, Jennifer