bar Jonah
November 18th 2003, 05:50 PM
I'm sorry I don't have the attribution for this, but I'll try to find it. Got this at church on Sunday.
The concept is simple. You don't need to study for this "test." All you have to do is... go down the list, imagine your name in every blank. At each one, stop, read your name in that blank, and ask yourself if that describes you.
The Relativity Test
___[you]______ suffers
___[you]______ is patient
___[you]______ is kind
___[you]______ is not selfishly jealous
___[you]______ is not hypocritical
___[you]______ is not fickle
___[you]______ does not brag
___[you]______ is not arrogant
___[you]______ does not act unbecomingly
___[you]______ does not seek his/her own
___[you]______ is not provoked to childish reaction
___[you]______ keeps no record of wrongs received
___[you]______ does not rejoice in unrighteousness (or wrong behavior)
___[you]______ rejoices in the truth
___[you]______ bears all tribulations
___[you]______ believes all truth
___[you]______ always has hope
___[you]______ endures all things
___[you]______ never fails
___[you]______ does no harm
___[you]______ covers a multitude of sins
How much does your name fit the above? Just how good are you, really?
But now... go back and put either "God" or "Jesus" in those blanks. And ask yourself again...
The concept is simple. You don't need to study for this "test." All you have to do is... go down the list, imagine your name in every blank. At each one, stop, read your name in that blank, and ask yourself if that describes you.
The Relativity Test
___[you]______ suffers
___[you]______ is patient
___[you]______ is kind
___[you]______ is not selfishly jealous
___[you]______ is not hypocritical
___[you]______ is not fickle
___[you]______ does not brag
___[you]______ is not arrogant
___[you]______ does not act unbecomingly
___[you]______ does not seek his/her own
___[you]______ is not provoked to childish reaction
___[you]______ keeps no record of wrongs received
___[you]______ does not rejoice in unrighteousness (or wrong behavior)
___[you]______ rejoices in the truth
___[you]______ bears all tribulations
___[you]______ believes all truth
___[you]______ always has hope
___[you]______ endures all things
___[you]______ never fails
___[you]______ does no harm
___[you]______ covers a multitude of sins
How much does your name fit the above? Just how good are you, really?
But now... go back and put either "God" or "Jesus" in those blanks. And ask yourself again...