I had a wake-up call for myself. Inward inspection. Outward expression of desiring to be the best version of myself that I can be. Amazing how God loves us so much that He doesn\u2019t let us continue to carry on \u2013 unlike Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Catch my drift! Often, I act out! Oh, yes, I do. I\u2019ll act in ways that don\u2019t highlight who I should be as a child of God. I\u2019ll hurry to be the first one in line, the one who must be the first one to get the front seat on the bus, the one who asks for the window seat at the restaurant, and mercy me, to get seats on the first rows at an event or even at church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, how I need to scale back this need to exceed, the need to win at any cost, and the need to speak up when I should shut up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, I had a \u201ccome to Jesus meeting\u201d that I needed \u2013 royally! More than anything, I desire to be like Jesus, act like Him, talk and sound like Him, and walk like Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conversation with other folks last week on our cruise, the subject of what the right way is to hang a toilet paper roll. One guy spoke up that he heard a friend say that he cut the paper roll in half so that one side went back, and the other side went forward. Yikes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We saw many \u201cconfession booths\u201d in several of the churches we visited last week. Well, today, I am CONFESSING that I need to stop needing to have things go MY WAY on so many levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is an erroneous belief that OUR WAY is the best way of doing things and then insisting others agree with us. Guilty, as charged. Thirteen years a widow and doing it my way worked just fine. BUT NOT, in what matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a part of our human nature to want to have our way. We all have a touch of the need to be right. But, I know it is time to ask myself: \u201cDo I want to be right or do I want to be happy? Do I want to get my way, or do I want to feel a closeness with others?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who wants to be a know-it-all when there\u2019s only one KNOW-IT-ALL? He is Father God. When we do it God\u2019s way\u2026..in humility and love\u2026..it WILL BE His way\u2026.and the BEST WAY! Thanks, God, for showing me what that looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe has shown you, oh man (and wo-man), what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?\u201d (Micah 6:8)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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