Showing posts with label sorrow leading to repentance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sorrow leading to repentance. Show all posts

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Pardon Me, My Jerk is Showing

snark·y
ˈsnärkē/
adjectiveinformal
1.
(of a person, words, or a mood) sharply critical; cutting; snide.
"the kid who makes snarky remarks in class"
James 1:19
English Standard Version (ESV)
Hearing and Doing the Word

19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Philippians 2:14
English Standard Version (ESV)
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
2 Corinthians 7:10
New International Version (NIV)

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
The graduation speaker was a wise woman.  She admonished the class not to be jerks.  I guess I'm still being schooled, because today I let a flash of anger lead to ungracious words; and I've been alternating between pure snarkiness and genuine sorrow since.  In other words I've been a conflicted jerk.  Sigh.  May my repentance be real and may God have the victory.
Before the Throne - Sojourn