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“Humble yourselves, therefore under God’s mighty hand
that he lift you up in due time.”
1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)
Peter continues talking to his readers. He tells them and later readers—even us—to assess honestly, who they are in light of who He is.
He advises us to do this in the light of God and His holiness. The result of our being honest about ourselves comes in time after that—God lifts us up.
I see people in our 21st century who live by this passage. They do not put on airs—what you see is what you get. One of my best friends comes to mind. She trusts the Lord implicitly. She seeks His wisdom and guidance in all she does and all she faces. God laid it one her heart to start a new ministry at our church. This group started in March of 2015 and is still meeting once a month.
As I transcribe this blog post, I am recovering from two phone conversations I had with a call center about our television service. My husband’s television, when he changes channels, would lose signal. For some reason, he has had difficulty with that set and our service since we went to it. My frustration today was the fact I could not understand either of the people to whom I talked. My first call disconnected. My second one also lost connection. I have had to stay really quiet and humble about this. Could this have been a test?
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UPDATE: Since my preparation of this blog-post, we have purchased a new television to replace the one that acted up, More recently, I realized that his old television has lots of hours usage on it. The new one works many times better.