Now that it is clear that certain doom and gloom predictions about the world are not coming true, the person that made those promises has kind of apologized and sort of recanted. The exact nature of what this character said or even his identity and exact form of malfeasance are not really required. I could, after all be talking about just about anybody who has ever blown it in a rather big, public way.
Now, don’t be too embarrassed; if you’ve ever done something that simply couldn’t be hidden, you’re not alone. All of us have, at one time or another, or (and I know this for certain in my own case...) on more than a few occasions, have managed to make rather large public spectacles of ourselves. Well, OK, I’ve never actually blown it on national TV or on international billboards placed in front of millions of people, but some of my boo-boos have been pretty open.
When we blow it and can’t hide it it’s best just to own up to our mistakes and carry on as best as possible. Rather than denying the truth or making light of it, we have to accept responsibility for our action. That’s pretty obvious, but it’s not always done. Take, for example, the gentleman that inspired this set of thoughts. He made some pretty bold public statements about a pretty big subject that affected many people in hurtful ways. This guy, however, glossed over his sin. Rather than admit that he had hurt a lot of people he passed it off as not being his responsibility. In other words, his apology was no more an apology than this little document is a thousand page novel.
He’s not alone in his half-baked confession of sin. I know first hand how hard it is to own up to my mistakes. I also know that is true for many others; admitting we’re wrong seems to be just about the hardest thing we can do. And ladies, it’s not just a guy thing. Men and women, boys and girls, young old and in-between, admitting our guilt is something we all find hard to do.
That’s a shame, because there’s no real way to hide from our mistakes. Oh, sure, friends, family and neighbours may not know what you’ve done, but God does. God knows the full extent of the way we’ve sinned and how that sin has hurt us and those around us. But if we share the full extent of our sin with God honestly and freely, He won’t stop loving us: He’ll release us from it. He’ll forgive us. He’ll wipe the slate clean and help us move on.
That might be pretty hard to believe, because sometimes we make pretty big mistakes. But God’s love is bigger than our sin, and there is no way He would want us to suffer for what we’ve done. It’s a shame, then, that we’re so afraid or unwilling to own up to our mistakes to Him. By not confessing and apologizing whole-heartedly, we miss out on God’s wholehearted, cross-borne display of love for us.
Now, don’t be too embarrassed; if you’ve ever done something that simply couldn’t be hidden, you’re not alone. All of us have, at one time or another, or (and I know this for certain in my own case...) on more than a few occasions, have managed to make rather large public spectacles of ourselves. Well, OK, I’ve never actually blown it on national TV or on international billboards placed in front of millions of people, but some of my boo-boos have been pretty open.
When we blow it and can’t hide it it’s best just to own up to our mistakes and carry on as best as possible. Rather than denying the truth or making light of it, we have to accept responsibility for our action. That’s pretty obvious, but it’s not always done. Take, for example, the gentleman that inspired this set of thoughts. He made some pretty bold public statements about a pretty big subject that affected many people in hurtful ways. This guy, however, glossed over his sin. Rather than admit that he had hurt a lot of people he passed it off as not being his responsibility. In other words, his apology was no more an apology than this little document is a thousand page novel.
He’s not alone in his half-baked confession of sin. I know first hand how hard it is to own up to my mistakes. I also know that is true for many others; admitting we’re wrong seems to be just about the hardest thing we can do. And ladies, it’s not just a guy thing. Men and women, boys and girls, young old and in-between, admitting our guilt is something we all find hard to do.
That’s a shame, because there’s no real way to hide from our mistakes. Oh, sure, friends, family and neighbours may not know what you’ve done, but God does. God knows the full extent of the way we’ve sinned and how that sin has hurt us and those around us. But if we share the full extent of our sin with God honestly and freely, He won’t stop loving us: He’ll release us from it. He’ll forgive us. He’ll wipe the slate clean and help us move on.
That might be pretty hard to believe, because sometimes we make pretty big mistakes. But God’s love is bigger than our sin, and there is no way He would want us to suffer for what we’ve done. It’s a shame, then, that we’re so afraid or unwilling to own up to our mistakes to Him. By not confessing and apologizing whole-heartedly, we miss out on God’s wholehearted, cross-borne display of love for us.
