To die to self we must put others needs before our own, to be all about pleaseing the creator..Our Creator! To do this with out prayer, without scripture is impossible...We can not do this on our own! I have found the harder life seems the more Im sucked into self...self pitty, self loath, self gratification...tired of always doing whats best for others and wanting a little 'spoil me" time...When instead I should cling to the feet of Christ, beg for strength and direction...
Isnt that how we are...its too hard to Die to self!! Its hard to set "me" aside..But I can tell you this...That life of "all about me for a change" is sad, lonely and hollow...I feel dark and dry and cold.....I am so Greatful...Joyful and humbled that Our Father is Patient and forgiving..for in my quiet time, my prayer time, a time of scripture I am reminded who I am in Christ..who I need to become and how much He loves me...I can die to self..and for the right reasons...My life should and will be ALL ABOUT HIM....how I raise my children, How I am a wife, farmer, Dairy gal, soap maker, friend, sister...how I am HIS......
" If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brother and sisters-yes, even his own life- he can not be my disciple. And Anyone who does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple" Luke 14:26-27
This scripture simply means...PUT HIM FIRST...Following Christ means total Submission
What a better way to begin 2014....Many blessings!