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  • Writer's pictureweakdave
    • Mar 7, 2017
    • 1 min read

Jesus provides contentment,

but only to the freshly humble — those freshly DEAD to their own worthiness, reputation, financial security, job security, relationship security…those freshly unfazed at the possibility of losing everything, willing to be nobodies, losers, pitied by all.  Because the freshly humble find so much contentment in Jesus alone.  Jesus is ENOUGH for the freshly humble.

—ShepherdDave, worthIERness addict who rejects lowliness/weakness, craves strength/control/excellence/superiority, except when the Spirit freshly convicts him of pride/independence/confidence-he-knows-what’s-best, so he’s momentarily DumbSheepDave, enjoying the bliss of Jesus-dependency/Jesus-contentment/Jesus-humility, so the nonbelievers around him might experience the other-worldly love of Jesus

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