Oops, what was I thinking
Well I was supposed to write a sermon last week, and I got lazy. The theme was even a good one but I just couldn't get myself to sit down and actually put pen to paper. So I did something that I am not very proud of. I scoured the Interweb and I cobbled a few different peoples thoughts on the scripture and presented it as my own.Now the bad part is that I didn't feel bad until now a day later but maybe that is what life does to you. You grizzle up so that injustices don't hurt as much. How sad is that? We can look at something we know is wrong and we won't even wince to think about doing it ourselves, or perhaps we apply our own circumstances to a time or place and think, "Aww just this once, no one will care, or notice". But in the back of our mind we notice and God notices.
So what can we do about these things? Do we try to forget about them? Do we try to cover them up, bury them in the dark corners of our minds? Or should we let them out for the entire world to see, so that we can clear our minds and free our hearts of the burdens that we bear?
I think the first thing to do is to admit to ourselves that we know what we did is wrong, and then if that action may have hurt someone, apologize. Don't make excuses there is no good reason for doing that thing, it doesn't matter what the circumstances were. Your personal reasons will mean nothing to the offended party. Instead speak to their world find out more about them. Take this opportunity of defenselessness and let someone in for a change. It may make all the difference in the world to that person.
Aaron.
posted by Aaron @ 6:12 PM
2 Comments:
Some wise counsel for some, and a wise reminder to others, can be found in your post. Thank you for sharing...
Peace be with you,
Lyle II
Thanks for being brave and putting yourself out there on this one - our world needs more people willing to risk and trust and dare to confess. I think there is some ancient wisdom in the process of confession, for it actually does lighten the load of the guilt we so often carry. To make confession, dare I say, a sacrament as our Roman Catholic sisters & brothers do, is to give it even more sacred weight. For it is in confession that divine grace is allowed to enter in - it can't come in unless we make room for it. People in community can gift to each other the ability to listen to one another's confessions/apologies and thereby allow them to make space for the grace of relationship.
That's my two cents for the day.
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