Growing Through Critics
"what if criticism is our Lord in disguise?... It might be God using a critic to get you to be sharper or less dependent on the opinion of men and more dependent on him." This has been a crazy month in my little world. Earlier this month, our family of churches went public with some hard sin issues that came out from our leader *you can read what I've learned through that here *. But this week, Campus Crusade for Christ, the organization we work for (and adore) is receiving harsh and untrue judgements because we changed our name to Cru. God lead me to a post on "The Resurgence" blog about critics and what we can learn through them. I'm seeing as I process and pray that God wants me to live a life that pleases Him and brings glory to His name. People will judge and criticize. I've missed a truth there: this is a great opportunity for me to weigh my heart and ask if I've valued the opinion of man over God . “Fear of man will prove to be a snar...