Head Above the Crowd

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It is becoming more important to me to focus on God seeing me behind closed doors--as i really am--because He already knows what's in my heart. … even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. -[1 Peter 3:4]  i must admit that i am really not one who is obsessed over his looks.  i'll get my haircut every two to three months, and i've been wearing the same wardrobe for the last couple of years.  i don't think that's anything to brag about or that sets me apart and above of anybody else.  It's just the truth of the way i've always been.  It's my intention to be a good example of Jesus Christ!  i know darn well i haven't always been and even fail at times now to be so, but i'll let God be the judge of that.

i'm tired of being so consumed with myself.  i can be quite boring so i don't usually talk about myself when i'm around people.  i suppose i talk about myself more in this blog.  The thought of trying to impress anybody about myself seems so absurd, since i find it difficult for me to be impressed with anybody these days.  Regardless of my status in life, i must never allow myself to think that i'm better than others.  i'd like to see myself as a common, ordinary, everyday person, so that it would be easier for me to get along with folks who are , yet do not consider themselves, as poor or without money.  

i'm learning from the Holy Spirit...s l o w l y...because i know about a snobbish attitude i can get towards people because they are annoying to me.  i need the holy Spirit's guidance on that one.  It's becoming a pleasure to stop fixating on high things.  i don't really like it when my head's above the crowd.  There were times that were not so inspiring as when i entered through the doors of a soup kitchen to get my next meal.  The blood of Jesus washed all of us the same.

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