My Life, Your Story.

Recently i'm reading this book called "Why you act the way you do" by Tim LaHaye (thks leen!) & i realised that i'm REALLY a very very SANGUINE person... & the weaknesses that are attached to it.

I like this part about strengthening our weaknesses - the power to CHANGE:
"What will be different after the Holy Spirit of God comes to reside in you? You looks? Unfortunately not. Will you get smarter? No! What changes? YOUR EMOTIONS. The Holy Spirit of God brings emotional stability into our lives.

Paul describes it in these words (in Gal 5:22-23): "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control." The Spirit-controlled Christian will be an emotionally controlled Christian. It does not matter what one's natural temperament is. Any man filled with the Holy Spirit, wether sanguine (I), choleric (D), melancholy (C) or phlegmatic (S), is going to manifest these 9 spiritual characteristics. He will have his own natural strengths & maintain his individuality, but THE SPIRIT WILL TRANSFORM HIS WEAKNESSES."

& below talks about the needs of a Sanguine temperament, u see how true it is.. i find it very true for me laz.. =p

"Sparky Sanguine needs at least 6 fruits of strengths of the Spirit to be the man or woman God wants him to be. He is by nature loving & compassionate, so he doesn't need that, though the Spirit of God will direct & purify that love. He is also by nature joyful, so the Spirit doesn't have to supply joy. He also has a natural "goodness" trait; that is, he loves to do good things for other people.

Peace, however, is another matter. Sanguines are so restless by nature that they need the supernatural peace of God that only the Holy Spirit can supply. Whenever you see a combustible sanguine face pressure in an attitude of peace, you are looking at a miracle of God. (LOL yes how true. I admit i often need gentle reminders from ppl around me to calm me down whenever im face with some situations..=p )

Long-suffering, which basically means endurance, is foreign to the nature of sanguine. He usually leaves a sea of unfinished projects behind him unless filled with the Spirit.

The bull-in-the-china-shop traits of sanguines are somehow replaced by the gentleness of the Spirit of God. One evidence of this is in their conversations. By nature they are blunt, loud, hurtful in their humorous treatment of others, seldom aware of how they have injured those who bear the brunt of their jokes. The gentleness of the Spirit of God will soften their injurious tongue.

One of the chief problems of Sparky Sanguine is EGO. To him, by nature, he is the greatest. But when the spirit of meekness controls his life, the sanguine ceases to think more highly of himself that he ought to, but rather has streak of humility burning in his soul, another evidence of the supernatural power of God.

Some of the lesser traits of a sanguine personality are his seret fears & insecurities (ah-huh!). To such individuals faith is a wonderful source of blessing. I have seen God's Spirit not only supply the love-starved spirit of a sanguine, but give him courage in the face of adversity.

The number one need of the sanguine is self-control. We have seen this natural problem of lack of self discipline usually proves his undoing. We all know capable, lovable, charismatic sanguines who never live up to their potential & destroy themselves by lack of DISCIPLINE. (& this word, Antz has been repetitively using it on me... again & again & again... haha.. yes yes.. DISCIPLINE!! rah!)"

It's ok! By the power of the Spirit, i can overcome my weaknesses! Yeshh! & i thank God for putting ppl around me to keep me in constant check of my weaknesses. Ppl like eva, carol, jean, leen, alex, ben, xinying, linda, & of coz, not forgetting my dear antz..

I love you God!! You know me best la!!