My thinking is so muddled...muddled purely because I am regretting the meeting yesterday when my me was large and in charge. There were three, maybe four, self-centered things that I did without a thought...then did not think to apologize or even to acknowledge why an apology would be decent.
Holy moly! I wrote the above, then inadvertently pulled up my yesterday's post. Talk about God's lesson plan for today. I quote...me...even as I blush from my toes to my nose:
Our rues, regrets and remorses are the foundation on which our lessons are learned. What else sends us to God so consistently?
Spiritual growth not only allows, it demands that we make mistakes. Regrets are evidence that, with or without malice, we did less-than-wonderful, and that it was done without thought for another...i.e., with selfish want-to....We slowly realize that our regrets do the job if/when/as we grow spiritually.
The word "slowly" is profoundly prophetic...or God grinning.
As I so often preach, knowing the right words is useless if we're not doing those words...making them ours by living them. Well, this is me, living them...reaching through the maze of me for love and laughter.
Thank you.
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