14 Mar 2009

The Critical Spirit

I noticed when I have a critical spirit, criticising everything I come across, I elevate myself into a self-righteous disposition, which actually pre-disposes me to arrogance.

Do I know everything there is to know? Do I know the best? Do I not have blind spots? God has not completed the chapter so who am I to put the full stop [period] to end it?

At best I see in part now and only when God reveals in totality will I see in full.

The critical spirit dries up the recipient. The people who are constantly criticised by me, no matter how right I may be, will have a depleted emotional bank account.

It is an ugly animal and it bites painfully so I must consciously reject it. Pet, it is not.

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Quotations:

God starts us out on a life course to fulfill a certain purpose and then, only when we are ready, He gives us course corrections. Like a good river pilot, He steers us away from troubled waters, and like a good coach, He never puts us in the game until we are ready. The journey is never boring.

REMEMBER THIS ABOUT YOU...

  Read this out loud to yourself, and mean it!!

  I am precious, valuable, lovable and capable.
  The world will not be the same without me.
  I make a difference in this world, in the community I live in.
  I can make another person smile.
  I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
  I sing for I am loved by a great God whose nature is to give  love, mercy and grace.

  [In Hindi]
  Mai amulya hoon.
  Yeh duniya mayray bina wahi nahin rahegi.
  Mayray hone say is duniya mein kuch badlav hai.
  Mujh se doosre ke chahre pay muskuraahat aati hai.
  Mujhe bhayankar se banaya gaya hai.
  Mujhe gaana hai ki ek mahaan; ishwhar mujhe pyaar karte.
  Hain aur mayray prati daya dikhaate hain.