Burns before breakfast could be a little scary, although not as terrifying as Pat’s and Tom’s poetic efforts when one hasn’t eaten.
I was just thinking, that to pray these intentions is great, but if they remain abstractions, instead of something concrete in our daily mess, the impact will be limited.
If I say, “From the desire of being consulted, deliver me, Jesus,” and then “What didn’t you check with me before you agreed to Whatever?!?” ... well, there’s a gap.
As Mrs. Don-o said, we all say we want to be humble, but none of us wants to be humiliated!
God loves me SO MUCH that daily, He attends to cutting my pride, which grows like a weed. Do I like Him? Not always. But I love Him beyond words.
One who does not wish to be humiliated should humiliate himself ... it would at least render the matter predictable.
Isn't that what we do in Confession, anyway?