The sentence: righteousness is living in a relationship with God, our world, and all the creatures in it: I would like to add: righteousness is also living in right relationship to self. So much hubris can come from an unexamined self—not addressing our dark side, the unfinished business of forgiveness for past hurts, having an empty hol…
The sentence: righteousness is living in a relationship with God, our world, and all the creatures in it: I would like to add: righteousness is also living in right relationship to self. So much hubris can come from an unexamined self—not addressing our dark side, the unfinished business of forgiveness for past hurts, having an empty hole where love was denied or twisted that we can often cover up with arrogance and self-righteousness, or “believing our own press” e.g. I’ve made it to the top, I must be really good. A right relationship with self means holding the pain of our lives with the successes openly and forthrightly. This is often achieved in a deeply Wesleyan tradition of a “band”—a small group of likewise committed believers who hold your feet to the fire insisting on radical honesty, not just to the dark side but also to the lightness and beauty of God in you. Thank you, Diana, for prodding us to greater more honest righteousness.
The sentence: righteousness is living in a relationship with God, our world, and all the creatures in it: I would like to add: righteousness is also living in right relationship to self. So much hubris can come from an unexamined self—not addressing our dark side, the unfinished business of forgiveness for past hurts, having an empty hole where love was denied or twisted that we can often cover up with arrogance and self-righteousness, or “believing our own press” e.g. I’ve made it to the top, I must be really good. A right relationship with self means holding the pain of our lives with the successes openly and forthrightly. This is often achieved in a deeply Wesleyan tradition of a “band”—a small group of likewise committed believers who hold your feet to the fire insisting on radical honesty, not just to the dark side but also to the lightness and beauty of God in you. Thank you, Diana, for prodding us to greater more honest righteousness.