1 Peter 2:18
This verse spoke to me today during bible study, especially the word 'respect'.
In recent years, I realised that when someone in authority (for example someone I report to at work, a leader/boss and actually my dad) 'fails' to meet my expectations of what a leader or a person in authority should be, I get very angry. My anger for these people surprises me because of how strongly it makes me feel and the feelings are often very negative. Sometimes I even feel betrayed. Doesn't it sound extreme? So today I discovered that, the link to this anger I feel is probably because when they 'failed' to meet the expectations I hvae of a leader, I lose respect for them. In fact, I think in most situations when I feel someone disppointed me, I lose respect for them. And this leads me to realise that I am not a humble person. I feel humility is one of the key factors to giving respect to people, especially in times when you feel there seem to be nothing respectable about that person. It is important finding for me, because I'm surprise to realised that I actually evaluate people. What actually give rise to this need to score people and judge if they are worth my respect or whether they are worth my time even?
In recent years, I realised that when someone in authority (for example someone I report to at work, a leader/boss and actually my dad) 'fails' to meet my expectations of what a leader or a person in authority should be, I get very angry. My anger for these people surprises me because of how strongly it makes me feel and the feelings are often very negative. Sometimes I even feel betrayed. Doesn't it sound extreme? So today I discovered that, the link to this anger I feel is probably because when they 'failed' to meet the expectations I hvae of a leader, I lose respect for them. In fact, I think in most situations when I feel someone disppointed me, I lose respect for them. And this leads me to realise that I am not a humble person. I feel humility is one of the key factors to giving respect to people, especially in times when you feel there seem to be nothing respectable about that person. It is important finding for me, because I'm surprise to realised that I actually evaluate people. What actually give rise to this need to score people and judge if they are worth my respect or whether they are worth my time even?