Topics:<\/b> Behavior; Darkness; Disobedience; Hiding; Lifestyle; Light; Sin; Temptation; Worldliness<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Genesis 3:8\u201310; John 3:19\u201321; Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Galatians 5:1, 13; Ephesians 2:3; 5:11; James 1:14\u201315, 22\u201325; 1 John 1:5\u20139<\/p>\n
A little girl discovered the secret to making mud one day, which she called \u201cwarm chocolate.\u201d After her grandmother cleaned up the mess, she told little Larissa not to make any more chocolate.<\/p>\n
The little girl soon resumed making her chocolate, saying sweetly, \u201cDon\u2019t look at me, Nana. OK?\u201d Nana, being a little codependent, agreed.<\/p>\n
Larissa continued to work the mud, but three times she said, \u201cDon\u2019t look at me, Nana. OK?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThus the tender soul of a little child shows us how necessary it is to us that we be unobserved in our wrong,\u201d writes Dallas Willard, a professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and author of numerous resources on spiritual formation.<\/p>\n
Anytime we choose to do wrong or to withhold doing right, we choose hiding as well. It may be that out of all the prayers that are ever spoken, the most common one\u2014the quietest one, the one that we least acknowledge making\u2014is simply this: Don\u2019t look at me, God.<\/p>\n
It was the very first prayer spoken after the fall. God came to walk in the garden to be with the man and the woman and called, \u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard you in the garden, and I was afraid,\u201d Adam answered, \u201cso I hid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t look at me, God.<\/p>\n
\u2014John Ortberg, God Is Closer Than You Think<\/i> (Zondervan, 2005)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Behavior; Darkness; Disobedience; Hiding; Lifestyle; Light; Sin; Temptation; Worldliness References: Genesis 3:8\u201310; John 3:19\u201321; Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Galatians 5:1, 13; Ephesians 2:3; 5:11; James 1:14\u201315, 22\u201325; 1 John 1:5\u20139 A little girl discovered the secret to making mud one day, which she called \u201cwarm chocolate.\u201d After her grandmother cleaned up the mess, … Continue reading “DON\u2019T
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