Title DAY 19. Cultivating Community
Contents
1. Honesty - Counsel against Sin
As I continued my religious life, I thought it would be nice to have a mentor. The reason was that when I did not know God's will, I thought that I needed appropriate advice from someone who knew my situation and me well. I feel the need, and I wish there were more mentors.
My parents are not strict, so they tend not to rebuke them. Perhaps it is because the three siblings have grown up without departing from their standards. Looking back on my religious life, there were not many people who rebuked me. Even when I wanted him to give me a flash of light, I hardly ever got rebuked, maybe because I wasn't being honest about it.
Reproof calls for accountability. Rebuke not based on love can lead to despair and hurt, but reproof based on love acts like a catalyst for growth. A rebuke based on love is a willingness to share a person's weaknesses and a willingness to bear the person's burden.
In fact, even when I see the faults of the members, I do not recommend it in most cases. The reason was knowing that he was not sure whether the heart he was trying to advise was based on love, and that he had no intention of carrying a burden with him. But my problem is that it always stops there. Now, if I don't have it, I don't live without it, but I need to seek the one who gives it generously.
I hope there are many people who exhort me with love, and I also hope that I will become a person who can counsel with love, and I hope that many such things happen in the community.
2. Humility.
A senior I respect, who has a passionate passion for God, doesn't understand and judge people who were Christians in the past and did not live uprightly, who did not hope for the kingdom of God and did not live much differently from the people of the world. said he heard But now he knew that he had no humility, and said that he had to buckle up with humility. I thought that the old man was right.. It is easy to judge people who have not dedicated themselves to God. Jesus said, “Do not criticize” and “Consider others better than yourself.” Compared to your level, it is easy to judge that person. I don't think you ever told me to judge. It is a word that should always be guarded and considered.
3. Be polite
It's hard to love people who are different from you and have ways you don't like and don't understand, but what makes it easier is to "recognize people's past." Knowing a person's past gives you an understanding and an accepting heart. It can be a good opportunity to see people from a different perspective.
4. Keep secrets
It is "evil" to expose other people's weaknesses while sharing prayer requests or talking about your broken heart. I repented because I had done a lot of "evil things."
5. Meet often
Without love, it is difficult to meet often, but in today's society, it seems that there is not enough time. If you don't have time or love, really, making time to meet is a big burden. So it's a vicious cycle. There is no love, there is no time, we do not meet and do not meet, so there is no room for love to sprout.
It is God's grace and my efforts to break this vicious cycle. You have to give time for fellowship, but if you don't have enough time, it seems that God, who knows every situation, gives you wisdom. He always made excuses for not having enough time, but if he continues to do so, he will surely be rebuked when he stands before God. If you put your mind to it, even if you don't have enough time, you will find something you can do within it. I think it would be foolish to be deceived by Satan's strategy to let go of doing nothing at all, thinking that it takes a lot of time and dedication to serve people.
If I could live the way I realize, the way I think, and the way I speak...
There are many times when this is not the case, so it is difficult to share meditation.