we often speak of selfishness casually dismissing what we may consider small things or just parts of life that we don't think about. So what parts of selfishness can we dismiss or consider too little, label sinful or warrant corrective behaviour on our part? Sometimes we justify it as "self-care" and I'm not saying self-care is not a real thing but the term can be abused and stuffed with things we simply don't want to address or surrender? Many times the things aren't even labelled and we don't know how luxurious we live compared to the rest of the world.
But there also seems to be an allowance for the shallow aspects of life, for example, having the options to enjoy wine rather than be limited to just water. We are not called to be like John the Baptist who "came neither eating nor drinking" we are called to be like Christ who "came eating and drinking". So where is the balance and how do we responsible measure it?
But there also seems to be an allowance for the shallow aspects of life, for example, having the options to enjoy wine rather than be limited to just water. We are not called to be like John the Baptist who "came neither eating nor drinking" we are called to be like Christ who "came eating and drinking". So where is the balance and how do we responsible measure it?
