Self praise is no praise

I've got to start with this. My photo has nothing to do with the rest of my post.... I just love cookie dough and want to tell you about junked food co. in Toronto where you can get a full cookie dough cone. Now we can move on :P

Growing up my family was, well you could say... close. If you know me, you're probably chuckling because my family was and is perhaps oddly close. I'm 26 and talk to my parents and brother everyday twice a day and we live in three different provinces. Haha.  

Anyhow, growing up, my dad would always say, "self praise is no praise." And when I read 2 Corinthians 3 this morning, I was reminded of just that. Here's what Paul writes:  

"Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on our behalf? Surely not! The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you. Clearly, you are a letter from Christ... this "letter" is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts." 

The challenge here is this; Paul says that CLEARLY WE ARE "LETTERS FROM CHRIST" ... are we?  

Is my life clearly a letter of love from Christ to all those around me? That's my thought for the day, the week, and the rest of my life.  

Let's focus more on who we are BEING rather than what we are DOING to write the letter of our lives. And hey, the good doing always follows the good being.  

Ash