I'm no better...

Luke 18:9-14

⁹ To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: ¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

¹³ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

¹⁴ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

There are people here at The Royal that are also psychiatric prisoners. Some voluntary, some involuntary. I think most of them are MK ULTRA slaves. Maybe some of them were made to ritually sacrifice and/or murder children when they were young too.

My list of transgressions is lengthy. It's on my about me page.

Of sinners I am chief. But, I am no Paul.

I am like the tax collector in this parable.

I am dependant on God's mercy and grace every single day.
Sometimes I lose my cool while I am being abused in various ways and raise my voice and cuss. Sometimes I still make jokes that make me beat my breast and not want to look up at the sky.

Things that I used to think were acceptable, I just simply don't anymore. Praise the LORD for the regeneration of the Holy Spirit. I find a lot of it morally reprehensible now.

But it is important for me to remember. It is what Jesus Christ did for me, nothing I could ever do. His righteousness applied to my account, while, with His help, I progress towards holiness (being sanctified).

Titus 2:11-12

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.

If a brother or a sister in Christ is reading this, please pray to our Abba for that he gives me the grace to keep forgiving every trespass from my heart and to have better control over my tongue.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

James 3:10

But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.