I'd like to start out this post by thanking everyone who read the last one. I know that God will bless this blog, for it announces His glory and praises Him. I am not the one to be praised. Do we praise the hammer for driving in the nail? Do we praise the piano for producing such a beautiful song? Nope. So, please, I ask that you praise Him for all that is written in these posts. They are not my words, but His words through me.
Which is important for me. I have a big head already. I do not have a slave mentality. I struggle with pride. Praise for writing these blogs, or speaking on Wednesday night, is not helping to keep my pride down. I remind myself that it is all God, and I tell all of you that it is all God's doing, but in my fleshy heart, I wonder if it is me. And that's not what I want to become.
I don't want to become the person who does the Godly things just to get the praise. I honestly don't want praise from you. I want praise from God. I want to hear "Well Done," or "This is my daughter, Stephanie, with whom I am pleased". I am willing to forgo all the praise that you give me, just for two words of praise from my Father.
So, please, do write if the blogs touch you. I love to know the work God is doing, so that I may add it into my own praise for Him. But please, don't praise me. My head needs to deflate, not inflate.
Thank you.
God is speaking through you true. The thing is that most people don't listen to that voice. They don't do as God asks or directs.
ReplyDeleteSo maybe we are saying thank you for being an inspiration! Thank you for showing us what we need to do in our lives.
That's not to give you a big head, its to help you stay strong and stand behind, beside or in front of you depending on what is needed.
This is my daughter Stephanie, with whom I am well pleased!
Love you Mom