hmm

sometimes somewhere along the way,
when hurts, discouragements haven't been dealt with in the right manner,
we may allow the "weeds" to start growing, and sometimes not even realising them.

they can become our defense walls - that may not be helpful for us.


at the beginning of this year, i spoke to one.
reminded the party of the values we were discipled in, that were our fundamentals, and must continue as our fundamentals:

being teachable,
accountable.


Like Jesus says, to be taught, we must first want to be taught.


spoke to another last night.

a familiar sentence came "maybe as we grow up, how we value things change"

true. yet, are we valuing things in the right way, in the open, teachable, humble way. Or, we've allowed values to be shaped by circumstances, not by His Word.


it's disheartening at times, to see how one used to be open and willing to be taught, yet now, holding on to one's thinking. so, what can i say? how can we help? if there's no more chance to listen. because when one's totally blind, it's hard to bring one back to where should be.

submission - the key to promotion.
teachability - the key to growth.

and i'm learning too.