Everybody makes mistakes . . . there is just no getting around it.
Someday, someway…you are going to say the wrong thing, go where you were told not to go, or do something you have been taught is forbidden, unhealthy, irrational, unwise. . .
No matter what, sooner or later you will do something that someone else thought you shouldn’t do. . . and it will be called. . . a MISTAKE (did the earth shake as I said that?)
To what extent these mistakes affect our lives is entirely up to us. We can either choose to learn something positive from the experience; or we can grumble and complain. Or, if it involves another party we can try to generate sympathy for our side of “the argument”, or merely desire that God blast them with a thunder bolt from heaven.
We can also choose to do nothing. . . hence, we will be doomed to make the same mistakes over and over and over again. Sort of like being stuck in that ‘time space continuum’ thing.
Sorry, I don’t mean to make light of it, but I have found that a sense of humor comes in very handy when dealing with mankind, myself included.
I mean look at us.
We can be so unforgiving and intolerant when we feel we have been wronged, maligned or hurt in some fashion. Intolerant when someone is breaking the rules. But let us be the offender and suddenly we don’t understand why people have to make such a big deal about stuff. . . after all, we all make mistakes!
See what I mean? A sense of humor really helps.
Ever been in a situation where you felt you had to defend yourself against an untruth, or at the very least, a misunderstanding? And the more you tried to clarify the situation the worse the situation became? I think we all have. And, truth be told, we have all probably been on both sides of the fence; we have been the one who misunderstood and/or misspoke. . . and we have been the one spoken against. Neither way is comfortable because it involves human feelings. . . feelings that can be hurt and bruised. . . and that is one thing I never want. . . for any of us.
Ephesians 4:2-3 gives us some of the best advice for living:
(2) “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (3) Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
Anyways, I was just thinking. . .