Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Hebrews 12:4-7
by: Leota Stevens.
Have you ever been “constructively” criticized and felt the sting of someone’s words cut clear through to your heart? Our human nature seems to have built-in-radar-shields that send us running for cover when they detect incoming verbal missiles that surgically strike at our bunkers of pride, sinful habits and selfishness. The walls we build to keep our private little thoughts of bitterness, self-pity, arrogance or jealousy safe from the public’s view are no stronger than those of ancient Jericho. God destroyed those walls for his children’s benefit then, and he destroys our fabricated barriers for our benefit now.