“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.” Romans 12:3

I did something I’m not sure I should have done. And I haven’t done something that I probably should have. And though they are 2 separate and totally different things… they have blown into my brain like a snowstorm… and settled there. It’s almost like living up north, waking up to a deep blanket of snow on the ground. I’m not sure if I should look at it in wonder… or grab a shovel!

It’s not that I did anything bad or evil. That wasn’t the intention. In fact, my intention was to do the right and Godly thing. But it gets mixed up with the other thing yet undone, because I am not sure just what the Godly thing to do… is! Not knowing has me in a state of perplexity. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way out either. If I’m not thinking of one, I’m pondering on the other.

In search of a way to get at least SOME kind of answer, I stumbled upon this verse. Which really isn’t much help. Because what it is telling me, isn’t really much different than what I have been trying to figure out and do in the first place! My problem isn’t that I think too much of myself. Lately it’s been quite the opposite. Reading the verse, 2 words that jump out are ‘Grace’ and ‘Faith.’

Both Grace and Faith are gifts from God. A gift is something given because of the generosity and love in the heart of the Giver! Because a gift given due to some meritorious work would not be a gift, but would be a wage or a reward. This verse seems to be saying that I am to think of myself in sober judgment… in the same way GOD thinks about me. So what does God really think about me?

There is a lot of bad stuff going around these days. I remember the days, at a job I had, where I inspected and monitored grease traps at restaurants. It was NASTY. But after time, the nastiness kind of just tapered off and I didn’t notice it as much. Maybe that is where I am. Being immersed in a nasty world, maybe I’m forgetting how precious and loved I really am… by the one who gifted me.

How about you? Do YOU see yourself in the light of the world… or in the Light of The Savior?