Today's reading was really good. What Paul wrote to Timothy is something I like to read because it gives me encouragement. Paul's letters were to a young man named Timothy who is very shy but is also a leader of a church. These two letters to Timothy are good for leaders of church today and shy people like myself.
First, Paul's writes to be warned against false teachers. He wrote about then before but he is telling Timothy specifically to stop those false teachings. The people who want to be known for following the laws of Moses and that's it. I've heard some people say that the laws are meant to show us how sinful we are because we are supposed to do those laws and we don't. Not all of them all the time and honestly.
Oh, this part is good. Paul write for Timothy to have a clear conscious. This is one way to know if your spirit is alive in you, I believe. Every time I'm purposely having conversations with God on a regular day-to-day basis and I do or think something wrong, I feel that 'guilty concious'. It's not the type that I sit and worry about though, I go and talk to God about the things I've done or thought about doing. For example: say that I was just chilling around the house and did all the things I needed to do for the day. I then decide that since I haven't watched a show in a long while then I'll just watch one today. Just as I'm about to press play (with my food ready ∩__∩) I feel like I shouldn't watch it. Not that there is anything wrong the show because it's quite cute and innocent, but right then I just shouldn't be watching. That's a true story for me and I turned it off then found a really cute craft that I plan on doing. For me, doing arts and crafts is a better use of time than watching a show. So I liked what Paul wrote to Timothy about his conscious.
There was a lot of stress in false teachers in this letter. It makes since because Timothy is a teachers and a young one. I've always wondered if I'd be some kind of teacher like this. I wouldn't be head of a church or anything like through but a small group of a church. My mother is planning one and I'm going to help her since I can explain her teachings through a younger perspective in the world today. But I still wonder about that. From what I know, I'm more of a person who works in the 'background' so if the husband God had for me needs me to do something for him then I'm sure I could do it. Hmmm, I wonder...? I'm just going on now, but I've never thought about that.
So, these letters are perfect for leaders of churches to lead people in the right way. Not in strange and sinful ways because that just would not be good. Also for shy people like myself. Something good comes from being out going and of shyness, which gives all of us a certain advantage in what God wants us to do. If you are a more outgoing person then it will be very easy to speak to others for God's purpose. The same can he said for shy people in an opposite way, we can use our quietness and reserve to work for God's purpose. I find encouragement in both of those thoughts and from my reading.
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