To Err is Human…..But Who Likes Erring?

I spend many hours of my day on my computer. As we travelled back to Austin, I was typing my next blog. My computer is one of my best friends. I spend more time with it than anything else. With all the typing, editing and publishing I do, I have apps that correct spelling errors, punctuation errors and even word arrangements.

Most of my social media posts are mistake-free because of those apps. What a blessing it is, considering the old days when we used a manual or electric typewriter. If we made mistakes with our typing then, we used correcting paper or correcting ink. It was laborious, and often difficult to make corrections if a space was needed between words. Whew! We’ve come a long way, Baby!

And isn’t that true in our lives, as well? As much as we try to do better, it seems our nature is prone to emotional, physical, and spiritual mistakes. That would be me. It seems, daily, I am having to correct a wrong I made because of a stupid comment or action.

Maybe it has to do with the thoughts we think or the company we’re keeping, some unhealthy habits, some compromising of our ethics and integrity, or literally missing the mark. Little mistakes can really slow us down and even limit some of the blessings God wants to give us.

I remember back in my early learning-to-type days when I made so many mistakes because I wasn’t focusing, or I was concentrating more on speed than being mistake-free. Now, at this stage of my life, I really want to be as mistake-free as possible, but like what I heard someone say “I do well with living mistake-free, but then I get out of bed and encounter people!”

I am challenged by my own blog as I sincerely desire to live a mistake-free life. I know that’s just not possible. As long as we’re in these earth suits, we’ll be prone to missing the mark.

But here’s the good news: God is quick to forgive us when we come to Him, and like the “correcting fluid” I used, “White-Out”, God applies His “white-out” to our mistakes and not only covers them, but He makes us white as snow. “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.” Isaiah 1:18. God’s forgiveness really is divine.

I’ve come to know that focusing my attention on getting it right in my heart, attitude and life makes for a beautiful page in this chapter and book of my life. My daily prayers are “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10