still human

i've had so many discussions in my head that i've been longing to write out, but everytime i sit down, they're gone. but here's another tiny bit of what's going through my head.

"it takes God's Spirit in us to make us so absolutely humanly His that we are utterly unnoticeable... Our human relationships are the actual conditions in which the ideal life of God is to be exhibited."
~ oswald chambers

it's something that is a continual challenge to me. it's pretty much impossible to separate sin from relationships. even if i think i've been really "good" or "nice" or "encouraging" or whatever in the past while, my relationships reflect my actions. i'm a spiritual being and what i'm doing in the physical (words, etc.) affects my relationships, which are spiritual not physical. take a look at the type of relationships you have, what's going on in them, in you, and you'll begin to understand where God is perfecting holiness in you. i begin to see where it is necessary for Him to become greater, and me to become less.