{"id":1353,"date":"2013-07-12T22:45:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2013-07-12T22:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T02:45:37","slug":"center-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/2013\/07\/12\/center-of-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Center Of The Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humility means “to show submissive respect,” and by being humble I realize I am not the center of the universe<\/strong>.
\nHumility enables me to depend more on God to help me overcome obstacles, to help me with my own imperfections, so that I may grow spiritually. \u00a0I must solve more difficult problems to increase my proficiency and, as I encounter life’s stumbling blocks, I must learn to overcome them through God’s help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was quoted from a daily reflection I read today. \u00a0 When I humbly offer myself to God, I am making a sacrifice, I am allowing Him to work through me in others lives. \u00a0The summation of this process is love. \u00a0When you consider what love entails a bigger picture starts to come into focus. \u00a0I’m not the center of the universe, but I am an integral part. \u00a0I do good things and I am good at things. \u00a0I should never forget that and never put myself down.
\nPatience is a big thing in terms of love. \u00a0Love is patient. \u00a0When I am impatient with someone I’m acting out of a selfish need to be center stage. \u00a0As if it’s more about me, I am more important. \u00a0When I practice patience I am actually spiritually fed. \u00a0Kindness is a form of love. \u00a0When I show kindness, even in the brief moment I cross the path of a stranger, and smile, I am showing kindness. \u00a0When I show kindness I am spiritually fed.
\nLove isn’t anger, it isn’t mean spirited. \u00a0A little humility goes a long way when you’re consciously trying to keep spiritually sober. \u00a0Humility can keep from allowing anger to intercept a perfectly good opportunity to love another. \u00a0It’s only through humility that God can work through me. \u00a0<\/strong>By my own power; I am powerless.
\nAt the end of the day I feel a spiritual connection with God. \u00a0The result of showing humility is love and love results in a healthy God consciousness. \u00a0My self talk can get me pretty far especially if I tell myself to give it to God. \u00a0I don’t have to entertain negative thoughts. \u00a0I don’t have to be afraid or anxious about anything in my life. \u00a0I continue to concern myself with the economic affair that is my livelihood, but I do not worry or doubt. \u00a0I trust in God<\/strong>. \u00a0I place my will unreservedly in His care. \u00a0I ruthlessly face my sin and ask God to remove my shortcomings.
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Humility means “to show submissive respect,” and by being humble I realize I am not the center of the universe. Humility enables me to depend more on God to help me overcome obstacles, to help me with my own imperfections, so that I may grow spiritually. \u00a0I must solve more difficult problems to increase my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allowthepoetthis","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}