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Posted on January 18, 2016 Written by savage Leave a Comment

I don't know how to handle my own struggle with selfishness. In fact, I struggle to the point where I wonder if it's even selfishness at all - but more a recognition of my own needs. I used to play in church bands, usually as a backup (because playing in the band is a job, and I wanted to go to church with my family, instead.) I stopped for a few reasons, but one of the strongest reasons was that I, as a band member - even a backup - was not getting fed at church. I was serving, but not being served. And there's the illustration in a nutshell, really: "What about me?" I was not being served - and that sounds incredibly selfish. But is it? If I were somehow to feed the world, but starve myself, what have I done? Eventually I'll starve to the degree that I'm no longer feeding the world, and everyone starves with me. To be sure, I wasn't wanting to be "fed" at church by adulation; I definitely didn't want members to point me out and say "what a star!" or whatever. What I wanted was to … [Read more...]

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A Prayer

Posted on May 29, 2012 Written by savage Leave a Comment

Father, I do not believe it is your Will that my desire be fulfilled. If that fulfillment is Your Will, and I am misunderstanding it, then please give me confidence through correction, and create the circumstances by which your Will might be fulfilled, even in this small thing, because I have no faith in this matter and I will resist its completion with every fiber of my being. If my assumption and conviction is correct, then I beg of You that You show me some way to endure my own selfishness and pride. I feel like I am at war with myself, that the edict of the body is a contrast with the edict of the Spirit, and I only desire what is good and right in Your eyes, not mine. If it is Your Will that I attempt to endure as best I am able, and You do not desire to grant me some relief from my burden, so be it; Your Will supercedes my desires, and I only choose to serve You in any way I am able to. … [Read more...]

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