Yesterday, I wrote a single sentence that had an error. A couple of friends who are part of my Facebook wall let me know. I always appreciate those responses. I thought I had corrected the mistake but missed it. It was like the error was off my personal radar, even from my Grammarly app.
Late last night, after making several attempts to correct my mistake, my wife said, “This still isn’t correct.” I took a minute to see what I had previously missed. It’s never easy to see such a mistake – an obvious one that a third-grader would miss.
No matter how much we do anything there will always come a time when a mistake is made. In the regularity is where a mistake be made – a mistake because we assumed we had it all figured out. We don’t. Nothing in this life should ever be assumed, even the simplest kind of grammatical error.
While it’s not what was meant in II Timothy 3, it does have an implication. After defining what the place of Scripture means to us, the follower of Christ is told “…the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (vs. 17). It requires us to go back to the basics and take another look when friends tell you something is amiss. Listen to your friends.
Haha, and not just one! 🙂
I diligently set my alarm for 4:00 a.m. this morning, so I could catch the flight to Mexico. Thank God my housemate woke me up at 4:30. After rushing out and getting into the car, I looked at my alarm setup. Somehow it was for 4:00 on Wednesday! God has us covered and works ALL things for our good. He’s so creative,
He might even LIKE rerouting our mistakes.
Garris I really appreciate your honesty and willingness to be vulnerable in the stories you share.
Thank you.
It’s too easy to get hung up on the details, thinking everyone has their ducks in a row 100% of the time and you are the only one making mistakes.
The enemy likes to isolate us and drive wedges of shame between us and God’s heart for us.
I fight that battle frequently.
Peter made so many ‘mistakes’ that made him seem unstable to the general population.
But God saw a rock that was worthy to have his church built upon.
It was the posture of Peters heart …one that was always focused on the love of Jesus…and his willingness to keep trying no matter how bad he messed up that made him a rock that hell couldn’t prevail against.
Sometimes it’s easy to dismiss the example of history thinking the old doesn’t apply to the new now…. but when we have fathers and mother like you and Jan to remind us that, yes it’s ok to mess up…just keep trying…just keep your heart facing Him…and listen…
it just makes us so much easier to rest in His Word when we having living examples of His grace.
thank you…seriously. thank you.