The Man in the Mirror

Do you want to be a man of renoun? A man of virtue and valor? A man of Godly influence and deed? Then it will take some real self examination and introspection. In other words you're going to have to look at yourself in a painfully truthful way. aknowledgeing things for what they are.........crap. It may help if you think of it in construction terms. You are a remodeling project, and you need to go through the house and take inventory of what state of disrepair this dump is in to start with. The next tough thing to swallow, is that you're the general contractor who built this mess. Oh don't bother pointing out the good parts of the place. Even an outhouse can have a comfortable seat and a nice view, but it's still an outhouse. And I also realize that other factors and "subcontractors" have contributed to the state of disrepair of your house, but no excuses matter. Because you're the general contractor who "signed off" on it all. So the fault is on the man in the mirror. The first place to start is on the foundation. any other repair you might make will be pointless unless you have a sound foundation. What kind of fool fixes a roof when the whole place is sinking in sand. Well, the self help drivel you can get from the world is just that....drivel. I don't care what Oprah may have told you about being a good person or being a spiritual person. She should shut her piehole and examine her own cracked foundation. The foundation you need is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Now don't try to tell me about the church you belong to or that you "have church at home by yourself" or about your men's prayer bla bla bla. You can drop that mess in the construction dumpster we had hauled in out front. If Jesus isn't your Lord then stop there. No amount of clever parables will really help fix your mess. Don't let your pride continue to keep you from greatness. Only God can make a truly great man out of you and His way is through a yielded life through Christ.