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At this stage in our studies, are you starting to recognize how the way you relate to others expresses fleshly energy and passion? Discuss and illustrate what you are discovering.
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Yes I am definitely seeing my self-obsession in the way I relate to others. I am also starting to be more aware of how others may be experiencing me. I am trying to ask more questions and not speculate about someone when I make assumptions. As I am becoming more self-aware, I am confessing the self-obsession and asking the Holy Spirit to give me ears to hear the other person and what they are saying. I am also trying very hard not to jump to conclusions and assume I know what the other person is thinking or feeling.
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Since starting this study, I need to access everything I do to make sure I ask instead of How I do, but what am I thinking to get to the heart of my motives. At first I was discouraged but now I am trying to learn to embrace my inadequacies.
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At this point in this class I am again reminded how often I do relate to others with fleshly energy and passion. I think for me as a person who often struggles with being a “people pleaser” I am aware of times when I meet with someone that my heart is wanting to listen and be present with them but there also is a desire deep inside of me for some kind of affirmation. This is something that God continues to make me aware of and it is a real struggle. Today again as I listen to this lecture I am aware of the deep thirst within my soul for more of God and for Him to quench that thirst in ways that only He can.
