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Taking My Own Advice
By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well advised is wisdom. Proverbs 13:10 NKJV
I think I was about twenty-four years old when I realized most of what my parents and other adults had always said was right. For several years I had been acting as though they were idiots.
As an educated professional and a pastor, sometimes even now, I have a hard time taking advice. Somehow, probably especially as a man, I tend to think that using someone else's opinion makes me look inferior. If I can't personally think for myself, then there must be something wrong with me.
I do recognize that this type of thinking is not Biblical. Throughout the Old and New Testaments we are told to seek wise counsel. �Two are better than one,� according to Solomon's writings in Ecclesiastes. God has blessed me with many Christian friends, not just to provide me with company, but to offer me advice on the way I should go; to disciple me; and yes, even correct me whe n necessary.
Help us, Lord, not to forsake the Godly instruction of our Christian friends. We thank you for what you can do for us through them!
I think I was about twenty-four years old when I realized most of what my parents and other adults had always said was right. For several years I had been acting as though they were idiots.
As an educated professional and a pastor, sometimes even now, I have a hard time taking advice. Somehow, probably especially as a man, I tend to think that using someone else's opinion makes me look inferior. If I can't personally think for myself, then there must be something wrong with me.
I do recognize that this type of thinking is not Biblical. Throughout the Old and New Testaments we are told to seek wise counsel. �Two are better than one,� according to Solomon's writings in Ecclesiastes. God has blessed me with many Christian friends, not just to provide me with company, but to offer me advice on the way I should go; to disciple me; and yes, even correct me whe n necessary.
Help us, Lord, not to forsake the Godly instruction of our Christian friends. We thank you for what you can do for us through them!
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