There are days this path to holiness really annoys me! I'll be limping along, thinking I'm doing OK, getting closer to where I want to be, learning more, knowing more, more, more, more!! Then I will have a sudden realization that I have been completely missing something - a sin, a failing, an imperfection. Something so patently obvious, how could I miss it? And I can choose to either wallow in self-reflective-guilt or accept the revelation as another chance to embrace humility. I need a lot of those chances - to embrace humility. Of course, wallowing in guilt is just a form of pride, so that is always a temptation...and it sure seems much easier, or at least more pleasant, than allowing myself to experience humility. I do my fair share of wallowing, but with the grace of God I am SLOWLY learning to accept His requests to humble myself.
So what did I realize recently? First Commandment - making idols out of things other than God. Surely I don't do that.... but guess, what? I do. Usually not with the intent of making them idols, but they become more important than God and therefore block my view of Him and block my path to Him. We can make just about anything into an idol, even things that are "good". What do you
"worship" alongside your worship of God? Money, status, knowledge...? I never considered this a problem, but now this past week with this realization, I have come to know that indeed I do have this tendency within me. Just another step on the path to perfection - and one of those days when I am glad the way is sometimes covered in fog . . . .
God bless.
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