God Has the Final Say

First, I have learned how God used Emperor Constantine mightily to propagate Christianity. God used Him to extend his kingdom in this temporal world. Even though we could not certainly tell if he became a Christian or not but what really matters most was that God worked through his life. He became somehow submissive to the will of God despite our ignorance whether he was saved or not. The essential thing I have learned in his life is that God can use evil people to bring out something good from them. God is in control over human affairs, both to believers and unbelievers.
Secondly, I have now an idea how the church progresses  by using the lives of Clement and Irenaeus. I have encountered their names before but this week I have learned an ample knowledge about themselves on how they became instruments of God to make Christianity not only to survive but to flourish as well. They contributed well enough to attack false teachings and to verify the books that must be included in the Bible. Before, I really thought that Clement and Irenaeus were just patrons of Roman Catholicism and they had not really contributed in church history but then I had found it wrong.
As I looked back to my life before, I could consider myself as a really judgmental person. I was very narrow-minded. As I look at myself now, I can say that there's a transformation happening in me. I am already more aware of myself  and try to stop my thoughts and mouth in judging people even though there are still times that I fail in this area. But this time, I want to be serious about this and I know that I can do it with God's help (Phil. 4:13). I want to be more willing and disciplined to think and speak what God wants me to. I will now be more considerate and understanding to others. Most of all, I must learn to have self-control and to ask God's help to attain this.
To put these things into practice, I will first pray to God for this and ask Him to look the people around me by using His lenses. Instead of judging them, better thank them for who they are and what they have. Another thing is that I have to include them in my prayers without grudges in my heart and if they need help from me then I will try my best to help them instead of retaliating them. Lastly, I will keep trying to myself that "God has the final say no matter what people say". The fact is that I can't please everybody and I should not get hurt if other people cannot able to understand myself but rather choose to accept them. There's a saying that really inspires me and it goes this way, 'It's better to understand than to be understood'. I will also live up this principle that says, "Think before you speak and act" and I am praying that I can truly apply this personally to my whole life with God's sovereign help.