When I do well and want praise...when I do wrong and want to defend myself...
My continual plea is for humility and quietness of heart...
A gentle and quiet spirit...that's what I pray for. To glorify God, not to be justified before man.
"Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is for me to have no trouble; never to be fretted or vexed or irritated or sore or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness when all around and above is trouble. It is the fruit of the Lord Jesus Christ's redemptive work on Calvary's Cross, manifest in those of His own who are definitely subjected to the Holy Spirit." -Andrew Murray.
1 comment:
Mmmmmm.....it's my cry too! So slow in coming at times! Thank you for posting this. I was thinking back to something that happened almost a year ago, still feeling frustrated by the "injustice" of it....and then, bam! here were the words I needed to read right here. Thank you :)
Miss you and the crazy MCU! But having a blast over here too!
Lovings,
Kristi Perry
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