And this may be news to some people, but I KNOW I'm not perfect ... and I don't have delusions of amazingness by any means. Maybe it's not just me, but it seems like whenever I try to encourage people to walk more righteously or try to help them be accountable I get this sort of response of, "Well, you're not perfect." And I'm not going about it in a sort of "You're sinning!! Don't do (this)!" sort of way, either. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Bible say that we should be helping our brothers and sisters to try and walk blamelessly. It's not the same as judging. Anyway, just thought I would let you all know that I do realize I'm not perfect and any time you want to let me know why this it true, feel free :)
In other news: It was my roommate's birthday yesterday, and as a number of other people had birthdays on or close to the same day, and bunch of us got together for a potluck and some games ... it was a great meal, and I played a few games of Dutch Blitz, which is always a great time! I may or may not have been scaring people with my level of competetiveness (sorry, Georgia) ;)
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You may not be perfect but by golly your a great gal....Loves ya
Fantastic ... first time in a while I get a comment and they won't even admit to it ;)
Thanks, though!! :D
d'oh, I still have not sent your D.B. gift yet. Does this mean you got your own? Otherwise I'll do it this weekend, sorry!
Oh yeah, it's delusional btw. So see, clearly not perfect after all. (I like you better that way!)
To accept help is to admit that someone (the helper) is in a better position than you.
To offer help is to state that you are in a better position (in this case, more righteous) than the helpee.
People generally resent implications that you are better than they are. Whether or not that's how you meant it, that is how it's often interpreted.
And if you do not believe you are more righteous than the person you want to "help" be righteous... than are you really in a position to help them?
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