9月15日
生命责备
听从生命责备的，必常在智慧人中。弃绝管教的，轻看自己的生命；听从责备的，却得智慧。
箴言15:31-32
你有没有看过那些参赛者与评委争论的选秀节目？即使这个人刚刚唱的歌完全跑调，或者在跳舞中差点绊倒，但是他们站在那里，仍然拒绝接受批评。
如果有人告诉你 你错了，而且显然他们是对的，你该如何面对呢？如果老师纠正你的错误，你是否会找借口呢？如果你的朋友指出你一个缺点，你会不会立刻指出他们两个缺点呢？如果一个专家给你指点，一个长者给你教导，或者一个教练叫你要加倍努力，你会耐心、感恩、乐意接受吗？
虚心接受反馈是一种敬虔的品格。而拒绝批评和消极对待，则是一种缺乏理解和不成熟的表现。我们要成为乐意接受任何批评和建议的人，这样才能活得越来越像基督。
今日祷告：
亲爱的耶稣，求你监察我，让我看到自己的缺点和不足，让我不断按照你的心意改正和调整。阿们。
September 15
Constructive
If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
PROVERBS 15:31–32
Have you seen those talent shows where the contestant argues with the judges? Even though the person may have just sung completely off key or stumbled through their dance, still they stand there and refuse to accept any avenue for critique.
When someone tells you that you’re wrong, and it’s clear they’re right, how do you handle it? If a teacher corrects your error, do you make excuses? If a friend points out one of your annoying traits, do you point out two of theirs right back? If an expert shows you a better way, or an older person gives you instructions, or a coach tells you to work harder, are you patient and thankful and willing?
Accepting feedback is evidence of godly character. Resisting feedback and reacting negatively to feedback, however, evidences a lack of understanding and maturity. We need to be people who accept feedback in whatever form it comes so we can live looking more and more like Christ.
Pray for the Day:
Dear Jesus, search me and point out those things in me that need correction or realignment with your will. Amen.
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