the beautiful and the wretched...

i was just reading Shane Claiborne's IRRESTIBLE REVOLUTION, which I highly recommend,
and i just thought it was a cool, subtle thing when he was talking about something along the lines of...

when we think of ourselves as beautiful and flawless and exalt ourselves, God humbles us, and we are reminded that we are sinners, and we are unworthy and wretched.
however,
when we humble ourselves, and acknowledge that we are unworthy and wretched, God reminds us that we are His creation and we were made beautiful and are beautiful

ok, i totally screwed up that paraphrasing, and i totally added stuff to that, but that was inspired by what i was reading in Shane's book.


if we aren't coming before God in fear and reverence and awe, then we aren't taking this faith serious enough. often times we think of God and Jesus as our best friend, but we must also remember that He is the Almighty God, the Lord of Lords, and there is nothing in this world or universe that even comes close. When we come before Him, we should come in fear and trembling as it says in Philippians 2, and know that we are unworthy and are in need of much grace and mercy, and we cannot do anything on our own strength.

even for myself, i just need to check my attitude sometimes, and not get settled with the 'best friend' aspect and forget about the 'Great King of Majesty' that is so holy, and we come nowhere close without Jesus.

feel free to leave your thoughts or comments.
peace to the least.