Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

QT 25 Sep 18, 1 Cor 3:3, Being satisfied with life


1 Corinthians 3:3 (ESV) — 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

NOTE: I do struggle with jealousy and strife, and it is related to my pride. It is no so much in the spiritual world as it is in the physical, temporal world. I would like to blame it on a sense of justice or on what I perceive as "playing favorites." Certainly those things exist in this fallen world. But what does it matter? Well, it matters if this is all that life holds, which I know is not true. God will restore this earth as he had originally intended. My problem is my pride. I need to let go of the things that I do not have and enjoy all that God has given me. It should be enough.

PRAYER: Father, forgive me for always wanting more. Forgive me for not being satisfied. Forgive me for esteeming myself higher than I ought. Forgive me for my ugly pride.
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