She was saying to us that someone that is not humble is not born of God. When she said it, it was like a bullet.. Pow! Straight to the heart, if you saw our faces you would of laughed, especially mine. She hadn't explained yet, so the initial thoughts were, am I humble? Umm.. yeah, sometimes.. Looking back on it now its funny, anyways let's get back to the point! :)
So, she began to explain to us, and this key line stuck in my head until this day as a trigger point:
It is not your INITIAL reaction that counts, its your reaction afterwards.
When she said that, it was as if a weight had been lifted from my shoulders! As I identified this in myself at times, not all the time but sometimes..
Its like when you get rebuked, or in trouble for something you didn't do, or don't understand, your initial reaction most of the time is: What? Why? I didn't do that! Whether you say it or think it, to be honest is the same thing. Now, the part that counts is after: What do you think after the moment/emotions have died down? Are you still upset, angry or feeling like injustice? If you still hold these things, you need to analyse yourself deeper..
Even when you haven't done anything wrong, we still humble ourselves because we believe God is our judge, not ourselves. This shows real humbleness, not fakeness.
So an opportunity came up for me to practice this, and I can happily say that I did but not straight away.. But like I learnt, its not your initial reaction that matters, its after.
So an opportunity came up for me to practice this, and I can happily say that I did but not straight away.. But like I learnt, its not your initial reaction that matters, its after.
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