most of this week was rain and threat of rain. as a result i was only able to work for pay yesterday. so i'm about at the middle of march as far as meeting my 20 hr a week goal for pay-work.
in watchman nee's 'sit,walk,stand' he says that nothing has done greater damage to our testimony than trying to be right and demanding right of others. this struck a responsive chord. God gives rain on the just and the unjust. the just are really not one whit more just than the unjust. they are only declared to be just. we're all just as wicked as the next guy...if not more! whoever keeps the whole law and yet offends in one point is guilty of all. there is no one that is good, not even one. i am so busy casting judgment on others and focusing on the few moth-eaten, 'good works' i do.why not just be like God? rom. 2.4 says that the kindness of God leads to repentance. kindness...withholding what we deserve again and again with the dawning and outworking of each new day...a readiness to help us in innumerable ways by serving us and making Himself useful, doing good to us.
when i was little i would play imaginary baseball games in the backyard. often a ball would go over into mr. morrow's yard. if no one was home i would jump the fence and retrieve it. most times mr. morrow would come out and get my ball and give me a warning against hitting balls in his yard and keep the ball much to my anger. after all, i really tried not to hit them over. couldn't he give me a break since they did not hurt his property? i live next to a little boy named kyle who deliberately throws his balls over in my yard and wants me to throw them back. i, being much better than mr. morrow, said he could walk around and get his ball...God has been speaking to me about this. after reading nee's encouragement not to 'stand on my rights'...last night i swallowed hard and went out and threw kyle's ball back.
have a good week. love, dad
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