the Steward: Like the Apostle Paul, I am the least among men, but for a different reason. Unlike Paul, I am not one who evangelizes (at least not as an avocation). Like Paul I have weakness(es), which is not a pain in my side. It is bad memory (because of bad memories) trauma-induced, it is poor eyesight, blah,blah,blah...mature of years. We are like Paul in some ways and we are what I like to refer to as "sui juris". In my estimation, sui juris means that the God of all creation made each human being to have a unique relationship with Him. He stooped from Heaven to the earth of Man's stewardship; if only that man would Covenant with Him, to Steward the earth and to expand the Kingdom of Heaven throughout the earth. Man has created doctrines and government and churches seeking to improve upon the Creator's Covenant with (a) man. None has come close, as each of man's manifestations relies upon the good conscience of each and every one of us and a personal relationship with God in order to make sense out of man's creation. Without the Spirit of Yahweh within a man, man's creation may be sufferable but will not result in a condition of thriving (thrift). With prayer and supplication in all things, Christ (and blessing) is made manifest, and the world does not welcome this. When we see people of vaunted spirit AND living extravagantly, we naturally recoil. It is not recoiling from their success, unless it is the method of their "success", it is recoil for a lack of love (spirit of flagrance). Peace.
