Common
usage has emphasized the definition of criticism as censure or unfavorable comment to such an extent that it almost never recognizes the equally correct definition of critical observation, true judgment, or detailed examination.
THE
moment we set self aside and understand that we can of ourselves do nothing, or realize as did Paul when he said in his letter to the Corinthians, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God," then and then only are we assured of the success in which discouragement plays no part.
The
Christian world is very familiar with the text, "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
The
psalmist says: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.