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Healthy Distrust of Self

By Filings on Fri, 09/30/22
Christian Living
Christian Living
Humility
Christian Mind

“Paul was not self-focused; he didn’t spend his days beating himself up mentally for his failures and shortcomings. But he did have a healthy distrust of his own inclinations, and he saw to it that the circumstantial doors to those inclinations were kept closed.” - Olinger

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There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

(NASB, Proverbs 12:18)

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