And know that I say
all of this with great and true humility because
I know, not believe but
know, that all of that is not of my own doing
but totally through the Grace of
God.
Remember, God does not need "Stars"; He needs willing souls. Do not
take my word for it. Take His
Word:
I
came not to call the just, but sinners to penance. [Luke
5:32]
Go then and learn what this meaneth,
I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the
just, but sinners. [Matthew
9:13]
They that are well have no need of a
physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but
sinners. [Mark 2:17]
Although some
margarine manufacturer's commercials claim that they "can fool Mother
Nature" and
pass their margarine as butter, know,
with absolute certainty,
that no one can fool God,
even
though many, many try.
When He spoke about "sinners" in the above three verses He meant
people who are fully conscious of their true fallen nature and our
capacity to sin.
Again, do not take my word for it. Take His:
Two
men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other
a publican.
The Pharisee standing, prayed thus
with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of
men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. I fast
twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his
eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful
to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down into his house
justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth
himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be
exalted. [Luke 18:
10-14]