Here is a link to a wonderful post that Bob Vincent authored on the Reformed-Charismatic list. This post is serving me to not think of myself, my blog, my software designs, my homeschool plans, or anything else as quite so essential to the grand plan of God…
I submit that the key to Joseph’s sanity was that he didn’t take himself too seriously. He trusted God while being keenly aware of human frailty and sinfulness, including his own. I try to remember this, especially when I am engaged in conflict with others. Whenever I begin to take myself and what I’m doing really seriously, I tend to begin to violate other people and use them for my own advantage: I want to succeed whatever the cost, at times even to the injury of my own soul. When this starts to happen, I need to stop—oftentimes more than once a day—and ask, “What difference does this really make? What happens if it doesn’t get done? What happens if I have a heart attack and die—will God’s kingdom come to an end—will he cease to take care of my family and my congregation?”
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