When I look at my life, most of the times I tend to look at my failures, my issues, my wrong doings etc. and I never really focus on what God has brought me through. A lot of times I tend to brush off the good things that I’ve done in my life and tend to throw the glory that belongs to God away, without realizing it. I always tell myself that I could do better, and this or that isn’t good enough. So it’s hard for me to accept compliments, and in doing so I throw them away not realizing that it’s not me that should receive the glory, it’s the one who’s made me, created me, changed me, saved me, redeemed me. I become so prideful that I’m never good enough when in reality it’s God who is the only one to be praised for all that He’s doing in my life, my neighbor’s life, the girl across the street: it’s because of His grace that I am able to live another life, to live a second chance.
© 2009 Miguel
