"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond belief. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to manifest the glory – put on display, to show – the glory of God that is within us....you may be a dirt clod, but there is greatness & power & glory that resides in every singe human being.”
- Nelson Mandela
My take on this "There is greatness in mankind" thingy: Be careful, though, & watchful. I mean it. I am referring to the gradual but certain elevation of the love of self, within & without the church. In the truest state of fallen humanity, we can still witness the man-centered myth in the adulation of man from varous cultural icon. Within this emerging cult of the new liberal theology springs forth new ideals which can be poisonous to the individual as well as to the body of Christ.
Yes, there is certainly a place for glory & honor where God our Father intends to exult through His Son. However, to me this “glory and honor” that resides in every single human being is questionable. Admittedly, we are fragile but yet filled with the potential for glory & honor. A lot of balance thinking is required here, and I don't think I am qualified to exposit any further, except by closing with this scripture quotation:
"But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self."
(2 Timothy 3:2, NASB)
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King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying;
and this same rose that you see today, tomorrow will be dying.
CarpeDiem: Seize the Day!
- Dead Poets Society
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