I am proud to be ...

From an email by David Cummings

My son-in-law is a Marine and Proud of it, so am I proud of him being a Marine

I am proud of being a Baptist, there is no other group I would rather be in or even desire to be in! I am absolutely proud of the fact!

I am proud of being saved! And if I were not saved, I'd be ashamed of myself! (unless God had turned me over to my own reprobate self, then I'd have no shame!)

I am proud of being a Christian! And the same said!

I am proud of being a pastor, a preacher of the gospel, a winner of souls and a leader of Christians.

I am proud of being a person who disciples others!

I am proud to be an American!

I am proud to be a husband!

I am proud to be the father of my three children!

I am extremely proud!

However, I would have absolutely nothing to be proud of if it were not for Christ my Savior! His grace gives us what we need to be proud, and not be in sin in the situation! There are certain things to be proud of! Really Proud Of! I am!

If I would ever cease from any of these, I would be totally ashamed!

To explain:

When I sin, I am ashamed of myself!

When I let down my Lord, I am ashamed of myself!

When I let down my family, I am ashamed of myself!

When I let down my baptist heritage, I am ashamed of myself!

When I let down my country, I am ashamed of myself!

And so on and so forth!

Now, he who is proud of nothing, has lost his will to nothingness, not to God.

He who stands for nothing, will fall for anything!

He who has no pride, has no shame!

He who has no vision cares nothing about those who parish!

He who bends with the wind, is never straight!

He who has a back bone, is not a noodle!

I enjoy fanatics! They stand, even when they do not really know why, but are always wanting to know more about why they stand. They are teachable.

I do not enjoy the all inclusive! They stand a bit for everything, and never are true to anything.

I enjoy the cold hearted! They like to talk about it and when they see the light, they become diligent, on fire fanatics for their new found belief.

Until later,

David Cummings