Wednesday, December 08, 2010

character

character does not hide and deny.
character does not sweep things under the carpet.
character thinks twice before speaking.
character owns what they've spoken -- or misspoken.
character keeps things in the open.
character can disagree without attacking.
character can speak the truth in love.

one part of my past that most people don't know about is that i grew up in a very cultic, covert, controlled, and manipulative background.

cults hide and deny.
cults sweep things under the carpet.
cults speak harsh words.
cults then say it never happened.
cults keep things hidden.
cults don't allow for disagreement, and will attack anyone that disagrees with them.
cults speak lies as truths, and keep the truth out of the picture.

therefore; I WILL NOT COVER MY BUTT, I WILL NOT HIDE AND DENY, I WILL NOT DELETE MY COMMENTS, I WILL NOT DENY MY ERRORS, I WILL NOT KEEP THINGS SWEPT UNDER A RUG, I WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE, AND I WILL OWN MY FAILURES IN ALL THESE AREAS.

i will also love those i disagree with, not take offense at their words, and consider their cautions.
i will think with the brain God gave me, i will not cater to man at the expense of God's truth, and i will walk by my convictions before God, answering to God above all.
and i will continuously endeavor to do all these things in the right heart attitude.

i will not lash back at harsh words, i will not knee jerk against manipulative (ahem, sent in private) phone calls and emails (and i have gotten some), and i will not deny God my mouth to call for truth, transparency, and character.

AND, i do invite input, from people personally involved in my life, into my own error and hypocrisy.  because humility only comes via humiliation.

~lynnie
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Outcast, Adopted.

THIS BLOG IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL. there are posts from years back i would not be able to post in good conscience now. i plan to overhaul the blog, and either delete or add a disclaimer to those posts. but that is gonna take time....

The Radical Summons: "Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13.

"The Spirit never loosens where the Word binds; the Spirit never justifies where the Word condemns; the Spirit never approves where the Word disapproves; the Spirit never blesses where the Word curses." —Thomas Brooks

‎"God receives none but those who are forsaken, restores health to none but those who are sick, gives sight to none but the blind, and life to none but the dead. He does not give saintliness to any but sinners, nor wisdom to any but fools. In short: He has mercy on none but the wretched and gives grace to none but those who are in disgrace. Therefore no arrogant saint, or just or wise man can be material for God, neither can he do the work of God, but he remains confined within his own work and makes of himself a fictitious, ostensible, false, and deceitful saint, that is, a hypocrite." --Martin Luther (W.A. 1.183ff)

i will not let You go: "Jacob's sense of his total debility and utter defeat is now the secret of his power with his friendly Vanquisher. God can overthrow all the prowess of the self-reliant, but He cannot resist the earnest entreaty of the helpless." --Albert Barnes

i will not let You go: "Jacob's determination did not flow from his strength, it flowed from his weakness." --Charles Leiter