I’m not like that!

Elaine Rocha

  • 14
  • Jul
  • 2015

I’m not like that!

  • 14
  • Jul
  • 2015

Who has never heard from their mother, or someone very close, a complaint like, “Stop being a slacker, lazy, annoying, negative, bossy, jealous, or…” and the list goes on! Now I ask you: What is the reaction when hearing something negative about us? DENIAL, isn’t that true?! “I’m not like that, it’s her who only sees the negative things, she doesn’t love me, she only knows how to demand things… lol!”

But really, deep down, if we were to leave aside the feeling of self-defense and analyze what our attitudes are showing, in reality that word will have some truth, because in order to listen to something like that, it’s because, somehow, we are giving a reason!

Emotional faith is always ready to defend us, and wants us to look to our “nice”, positive side and doesn’t want us to think, reason! And you know what happens? You don’t develop, because you don’t want to think, you don’t want to recognize that you actually have that problem, and yet begin to judge in a negative way those who just want your good.

Discipline is order in the Kingdom of Heaven!

” No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” Hebrews 12:11

If you listen to the discipline you receive, you will have a life of blessings and peace, but if you reject it, than the opposite will happen! Therefore, listen to those who have disciplined you, as it is for your own good!

God bless you and until next week!

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4 comentários

  1. Amen Mrs V we should allow corrections , in order to make better of ourselves . to change and be more better for God

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  2. Thank you for this post, many time we don’t see how we can truly be. In our eye we see our mistakes, but maybe we don’t see the actual amount, so when people call us out on them we feel as though this person that they are speaking about is not us. This is what i used to think until i really opened my eyes and looked at myself. I didn’t let my good shadow my bad, I really just embraced it and learn’t to change, which is the most important thing.

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  3. Good Morning

    I am someone who hates being rebuke and sometimes even corrected. When the occasion comes up just like you said in the post the ‘defencive’ side comes and and I give myself every reason to why that person is wrong. I never really knew how to deal with these things that’s why at this moment as it is happening recently this post really gave me direction because I do struggle with this

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  4. This post speaks to me because I am very self defensive whenever I hear a complaint regarding me. Daily, I am working towards accepting discipline and rebuke because God only rebukes those He loves. It is not easy, but i am pushing myself to break down that wall of self-defense/complaining and take what they say with humbleness and good eyes

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