You Foolish Galatians!

Who has tricked me? Who has deceived me into following a gospel other than the one I had received? Am I trying to please men or God? If I really am trying to please man I would not be a servant of Christ! Why am I setting petty traditions and man-made rules in the way of Truth? Was Christ's crucifixion not enough? Why do I continue to follow rules, when what is demanded is my very life? Why have I let myself become dependent on other people for something that God alone has authority over?

Two weeks! And couldn't I have done something? Why would I let my own life rest in someone else's hands? Is it for my own gain? I would accept it if it were for my own loss, but no - I don't see how that can be. Instead of letting Jesus be the Cornerstone and allowing myself to be a security to others, I let my very foundations rattle to use someone else as a crutch. And for what?

Two months! And couldn't I have done something? What are special days? Festivals? Has the gospel been wasted on me, when I look back only to see that Cornerstone was a special time...I feel so stupid. Isn't every day just the same? What is opportunity? Is it what I want to do? Or is it sacrifice that yields to even those that hate me? Joy that comes not from what I can do, but what i can't. Purpose from weakness, not strength. What weakness is there in the proud? Those that "know" what they are going to do tomorrow?

I am back to the beginning again.

"So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law......But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other."

– Galatians 5:16-18, 22-26