"I Just Stood There Whistling 'There Goes the Bride' as She Walked Out the Door..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

This year, the Episcopal Youth Retreat was just before Lent. As one of our activities, all of us were given a red ribbon and a yellow ribbon. On the yellow ribbon, we were to write a quality of Jesus' that we would like to try to emulate during the Lenten season. I put 'listening to people'; I've told this to quite a few folks now, who've asked.

On the red ribbon, we were to write a sin in us that we wanted to try to overcome. Nobody's asked about my sin.

It was arrogance. And I really, really don't think I'm overcoming it, I don't think so at all. I think it's just getting worse.

Also, my body has stopped working right.

Comments

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

*huuuuuuuugs*

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*cuddles you*

Come talk to me?

[erinpuff]

Ohhhhhh, yoooooou. *holds tight* I'm not sure what to say except that I love you.

[tomecatti.livejournal.com]

*hug*

You're a wonderful human being and i love you greatly.

[little-lady-d.livejournal.com]

there's something really beautiful about that image -- the two ribbons, yellow and red, one for the person you want to be, and one for the things you need to overcome. yellow is like sunlight.

i haven't been working right, either. let's both wish each other better, miss.

[lucullean.livejournal.com]

oh, baby.

[elyse24601.livejournal.com]

Lady, from what I understand about sin it's that we're all guilty of it. We're human, we can't help it. I have a negative pride thing going on where I selfishly put myself down to get others to compliment me and other people sleep with their neighbors' spouses and some governors run high-end prositition rings. Absolutely no one's perfection. Even Jesus had table-turning-over temper tantrums.

Thing is, with Christianity, we acknowledge the sin and we're washed clean of it. We let God step in and fix the crumbly bits of ourselves and the sharp, shattered bits of our souls broken in the Fall. I've had a lot of trouble with the idea myself- God wanting us to be perfect and all. That's impossible for anyone human.

We're not the ones who need to overcome ourselves from sheer force of will. All we need to do is to let go of the controls and let God step in. Gaining our lives by losing them and all- it's God who makes things change, not us, hard as that is to accept.

For what it's worth, I don't think you're arrogant in the slightest. Feel better, lady. They didn't ask about your sin because that's already been forgiven. <3

[bewareofitalics]

Love yooooou. *snuggles*

[nowgoesquickly.livejournal.com]

You are not arrogant. I will be sending a memo to God to that effect, suggesting that you choose a different fault to surmount. Low self-esteem, perhaps? I'm sure God wants you to love and appreciate yourself. ♥