Something better than used toilet paper
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Right now I am a single, 24 year old college graduate with a degree in Biblical Studies/History. Yeah, so I now work at a bakery. For church, I go to a local Hispanic church where the service is predominantly in Spanish. No, I'm not fluent, I just enjoy it. If this seems confusing then you have discovered my recurring questions with identity, haha.
So I've been a Christian since I was a kid. Not only raised in a Christian family, but my dad was also a pastor(make any assumptions you want, they might be true). To give you an idea, when I was younger I used to be able to count the number of times I missed church (in waking memory, of course) and I knew all about Noah's Ark before I even heard of Columbus. I went to Sunday School, read the Bible on my own, and was a pretty good kid (unless you were a girl, in which case I most likely picked on you).
Typically there 2 routes for a PK (pastor's kid) to go: rebellious or goody-goody; neither was me. I have always been an intelligent individual and definitely mischievous, but never a trouble-maker. This isn't a bad thing, and I am still these things, but I had missed something. I became puffed up in my knowledge of the Bible. I became prideful of the kind of life I lived: "At least I don't live like them" "God must be proud of the things I do." In all my reading, I had missed such verses as "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" and did not see that I was the Pharisee in Jesus' parable (Luke 18:9-14) Thankfully I eventually saw my error.
I don't know exactly all that happened for me to see this, but it did. Knowledge should not be used to puff up myself but rather for building others up. My own righteousness amounts to nothing more than used toilet paper, but I now look to Jesus' sacrifice only. This is where I'm at. Much of life for me is questions, but to serve faithfully is the goal. How? We'll see...
Brett
So I've been a Christian since I was a kid. Not only raised in a Christian family, but my dad was also a pastor(make any assumptions you want, they might be true). To give you an idea, when I was younger I used to be able to count the number of times I missed church (in waking memory, of course) and I knew all about Noah's Ark before I even heard of Columbus. I went to Sunday School, read the Bible on my own, and was a pretty good kid (unless you were a girl, in which case I most likely picked on you).
Typically there 2 routes for a PK (pastor's kid) to go: rebellious or goody-goody; neither was me. I have always been an intelligent individual and definitely mischievous, but never a trouble-maker. This isn't a bad thing, and I am still these things, but I had missed something. I became puffed up in my knowledge of the Bible. I became prideful of the kind of life I lived: "At least I don't live like them" "God must be proud of the things I do." In all my reading, I had missed such verses as "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" and did not see that I was the Pharisee in Jesus' parable (Luke 18:9-14) Thankfully I eventually saw my error.
I don't know exactly all that happened for me to see this, but it did. Knowledge should not be used to puff up myself but rather for building others up. My own righteousness amounts to nothing more than used toilet paper, but I now look to Jesus' sacrifice only. This is where I'm at. Much of life for me is questions, but to serve faithfully is the goal. How? We'll see...
Brett
1 comments:
Brett,
From one PK to another, I hear you man, on so many accounts. What really challenged me and made me instantly have respect for you, was your humility to be able to come to foot of the cross and be able to see your faults. That is so hard brother and having an accurate view of yourself is so important, no wait, it's biblical. :)
Blessings bro...
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