Demonstrating God's Grace Rather Than Harbouring A Critical Attitude
Dear Friends, I mentioned in my last blog that part of perfectionism involves aiming for impossibly high standards and then being critical and judgemental when I don't meet those standards. In my perfectionism I also expected others to meet these same high standards, which also meant (and this is not an easy thing to admit to) that I had a critical and judgemental attitude towards others if they failed to meet those standards. At the time I wasn't aware of these wrong attitudes until God revealed the truth to me. God showed me how critical I was when others didn't live up to my human interpretation of what makes a "good (or perfect)" Christian. And he showed me how unlike Jesus I was being. When the M.E was at its worst I was unable to get out to many church meetings. Now, prior to this I had been judgemental of others when they didn't attend the meetings I thought they should be at. God said to me - how would I feel right now, if others ju...