Daily Self-Examination
Daily Self-Examination Romans 2:3-4 (MSG): You didn’t think, did you, that just by pointing your finger at others you would distract God from seeing all your misdoings and from coming down on you hard? Or did you think that because he’s such a nice God, he’d let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but he’s not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change ( through His Son, Jesus. Q Note ) In my recent study of Thomas a’ Kempis, I came across his focus on self-examination and its importance concerning our relationship to God, to one another, and to ourselves. In our culture, where we are so divided, it indicates a sickness unto the death of the self. We are so critical, so judgmental, so evaluative, that we don’t realize that we ourselves are part of the problem. Bec has said on several occasions, “What we don’t like about someone else, if we look closely, we see how ...