I cannot learn anything until I
unlearn what I have already learned.
I cannot be real and genuine until I have been
disillusioned.
I cannot do anything until I've stopped everything.
I cannot be wholly in Christ until I am totally out
of religion and its ways.
I cannot wash another's feet while standing
on my own two feet.
I cannot walk in another's shoes unless I first take
off my own shoes.
I
cannot offer anyone a helping hand if my hands are
already full.
I cannot speak words of Life to another unless Life has
first engraved those words on my heart.
I cannot see through another's eyes while
looking at myself.
I cannot hear through another's ears while listening to
the throb of my own heartbeat.
I cannot share another's heart if I am consumed with
the passion and pain in my own heart.
I cannot truly love another if I am still in love with
myself.
I cannot give anything of worth to
anyone until I have nothing of myself to give.
I cannot experience real Life until I am dead and buried.
I cannot know Freedom until I am content to be locked
away.
I cannot know Rest until I can completely give up on
myself and my plans.
I cannot live in the Light if I cannot bear
the exposure of being seen.
I cannot know Truth unless I stop deceiving myself with
lies.
I cannot walk in the Way until I quit studying the
map.
I cannot know Hope until I'm convinced of how hopeless I
am.
I cannot enjoy Peace without going through
many storms.
I cannot experience amazing Grace if I secretly believe I
deserve it.
I cannot receive Mercy until I stop trying to save
myself.
I cannot completely trust Another until I no longer trust
myself.
I cannot really pray until it is not me that
is praying.
I cannot truly cry until it is not me that is crying.
I cannot really sing until it is not me that is singing.
I cannot truly laugh until it is not me that is laughing.
I cannot truly live until it is not ME that
is living...
For me to live is Christ and to die
is gain.
I can do all things through Christ Who empowers and
strengthens me.
Phil 1:21; 4:13.
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