There are very few ( less than five) men on my list of people I admire and respect but I'm fortunate to be related to two of them. One of them is my dad who in all of the years I've known him (44) has never waivered in his integrity. The other is my younger brother, a man I believe who is wise beyond his years. (that's ok, I got the looks)
About a month ago we were talking by email and I was complaining about my life and he very wisely told me "Kip, 50 years after you die nobody will ever know you were here, get over yourself, it's not about you!"
Those words have been banging around in my head for two months now and I think I'm beginning to understand.
Psalm 51:3&4 " For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you and you only have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge." This is part of David's prayer after he was confronted by Nathan about his adultry with Bathsheba. The whole story of David and his journey to the throne is not about David. It's about the glory of God. For just a few short moments in history David forgot that the story he was in was not David's story but God's story and as the Author God had the right and was in the right to hold David accountable. God's punishment issued to David was not just correction for sin it was to maintain the glory and the holiness of God. I believe David understood this when he prayed "that You may be found just when You speak and blameless when You judge."
It's not about me. The story that I call my life is not about me at all and God has every right and in fact an obligation to correct what does not glorify Him!
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