Wade, this is a very solid installment! Considering the last eight years in American politics, I think of it often. Neither party appears to want to understand what the other might be attempting to say. It seems more like a conversation between two hardened criminals arguing which one is worse in a conversation that should be about self-deception instead.
Jesus's notion of power pulls the curtain back on situations where I deceptively tell myself (before I try to bamboozle someone else), "What they need is for me to step in and fix this situation."
THEY DON'T.
In many cases, they will tell me to butt out (or ignore my suggestions) and ask me to continue working on myself so God can continue working on them (and me still).
Wade, this is a very solid installment! Considering the last eight years in American politics, I think of it often. Neither party appears to want to understand what the other might be attempting to say. It seems more like a conversation between two hardened criminals arguing which one is worse in a conversation that should be about self-deception instead.
Jesus's notion of power pulls the curtain back on situations where I deceptively tell myself (before I try to bamboozle someone else), "What they need is for me to step in and fix this situation."
THEY DON'T.
In many cases, they will tell me to butt out (or ignore my suggestions) and ask me to continue working on myself so God can continue working on them (and me still).