{"id":868,"date":"2014-04-23T19:01:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T23:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2014-04-23T19:01:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T23:01:48","slug":"the-standard-of-measure-by-which-we-appear-to-be-holy-wow-write-on-wednesday-2-min-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/23\/the-standard-of-measure-by-which-we-appear-to-be-holy-wow-write-on-wednesday-2-min-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"THE STANDARD OF MEASURE BY WHICH WE APPEAR TO BE HOLY (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! @ 2 min. to read)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Justification<\/i> is proving oneself to be right or reasonable; pronouncing oneself free from guilt and blame (thank you, Mr. Webster) but I also heard it defined as \u201cthe standard of measure by which we appear to be holy.\u201d It\u2019s not a direct quote, but it\u2019s my paraphrase as I heard it from Charles Stanley and quickly wrote down (as best as I could) a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been mulling over that thought for weeks now. I love it. I hate it. It\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>Each of us, no matter what we do, whether it\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Positive<\/li>\n<li>Negative<\/li>\n<li>Helpful<\/li>\n<li>Sinful<\/li>\n<li>Enabling<\/li>\n<li>Kind<\/li>\n<li>Mean-spirited<\/li>\n<li>Making a point<\/li>\n<li>Sharing our \u201cview\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In a relationship<\/li>\n<li>Out of a relationship<\/li>\n<li>__________<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026..we will justify it to fit our needs, make us look better, and ultimately tell ourselves (as we try to convince others and God) that we are holy and really OK!<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t it so true? Let\u2019s look at a few fast examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People in bad relationships find all kinds of ways to make it right, make it sound right, make it look right\u2026.even though it looks, feels, and is wrong. (Everyone else can see it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Parents not disciplining their typically able and developing children have every excuse for why they don\u2019t deal with the misbehavior: my child is fussy, they\u2019re tired, they\u2019re having a bad day, we\u2019re waiting for the diagnosis, I\u2019m tired, I\u2019ve had it, etc. (Everyone knows you\u2019re just not doing what you know you should.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Choose one that applies: lying, cheating, stealing, manipulating, enabling, committing adultery, slandering, gossiping, etc. We all put our own \u201cspin\u201d on why it\u2019s right, OK, and sensible\u2026.and it\u2019s usually due to the \u201cother\u201d person who\u2019s <i>made <\/i>me do it \u2013 often because we feel our own needs aren\u2019t being met fully and properly.(Watch carefully as brows furrow and eyebrows rise. It\u2019s their look of utter shock as we think we\u2019ve fooled them!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AND\u2026.we all do it. Catch yourself. Then let\u2019s be honest with our self and instead of justifying our actions, sins, mistakes, preferences, comforts, demands, etc. \u2013 own up to what is true, right and honorable. It would change us, our families, and our culture. It would mean we\u2019re taking life and our self seriously. Dare we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justification is proving oneself to be right or reasonable; pronouncing oneself free from guilt and blame (thank you, Mr. Webster) but I also heard it defined as \u201cthe standard of measure by which we appear to be holy.\u201d It\u2019s not a direct quote, but it\u2019s my paraphrase as I heard it from Charles Stanley and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36,70,121],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-convince","tag-holy","tag-standard-of-measure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}