“Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking,” 1Pt4.1 ESV
Anybody who has come up against conflicting desires knows what it is to struggle against taming one of them. And, just about anything of real value is found on the other side of some sort of self-denial. This means of course that we should expect to suffer, not only like everyone else who wants to lose weight, but as Christians we will suffer doing God’s will as opposed to doing our own. The strange thing is that it seems to be God’s will for me, many times, to deny serving my own interest in order to serve others. I suppose we should all get used to this if we are to hang around someone who wears a t-shirt that says “Suffering Servant” written on it. 7/10/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
