Purposefully displayed on the highest shelf in the living room, I keep a small but regal looking statue of a dalmation.
When I see that dog, it's an immediate reminder to be humble instead of pridefully putting myself, my accomplishments, my abilities, my wants, my desires, etc.... up high above everybody else. To also keep my actions in check, and stop foolishly going back to bad habits and selfish destructive behaviors. (BTW...ALL bad habits and destructive behaviors are selfish...that's why we like them..they make us feel good.) Instead, I need to change and no longer allow myself to be spotted by the behaviors of my past. Just because God is loving and merciful doesn't mean I get a free pass to keep messing up. His mercy EXPECTS and REQUIRES me to take responsibility for my actions and CHANGE.Here are the scriptures that go along with my dog, just click on the links.
1) A dog, a fool, and pride......
2) Pride comes before a humiliating fall
3) We're expected to be different
4) Mercy REQUIRES change
5) Jesus expected us to change too...that didn't stop with Him
Love,
Fran
~Joy ALL Ways~
