Considerations on "being right"
To have a thing is little, if you're not allowed to show it, to know a thing, is nothing unless others know you know it. ~Charles Neaves When I am truly honest with myself, and employ true self observation, I have to admit that I possess a burning desire to be "right", when I compare my own opinions and theological convictions against a brother or sister. [Maybe observing this in myself is the first step in the needed transformation of my behavior...] Why does this seem to exist --especially when I am among fellow church folks? Is it because we are all in this together, and what one member does affects all the others? Perhaps. Where does grace enter into our thinking? or into our actions? Does it? Do I truly think my opinions matter that much to others? Do my opinions and convictions matter that much to the Creator? Truly I am responsible to Him for my own heartfelt conviction and my own expression of belief or faith. I may have an obligation to share that convictio