Good Tuesday morning! Labor Day is over and back to laboring we go! :-) Some go to a labor of love and others to just labor. Have you ever tried to explain your reason or wish to trust only in God and then blown it by saying too much? I did just recently and I do regret it. For all of us, it is far too easy to answer the call of reliance on God with the world's methods and means. For example: "I am trusting in God; what else am I going to do?" The last part leads a worldly person to answer with things like finding another job, setting up a business, and other things that may not be what God would have a person to do. Such things may not even be possible in this economy or at this time. However, what is worse is adding that little question makes God sound like a last resort when I want to let the world know that trusting in God is my first and best hope. Well, I apologized to God a lot this weekend for that, and asked forgiveness for that slip of the tongue. What did I hear from the Holy Spirit? "I'll take care of it, you make sure to keep going out there."
In our witness, we can and probably will screw up from time to time. God can use our mistakes as well as our talents in spreading the Good News. What we cannot do is stop reaching out to someone that God has sent our way. It would be easy for any of us to say: "I'm not going to try witnessing any more, I just mess up every time I open my mouth!" Wrong answer; there was one perfect witness in Jesus Christ, the rest of us must trust in Him and learn from our mistakes. I like this one: "My grace is sufficient for you; my strength is made perfect in your weakness." God said that to Paul when the great apostle had a moment of self-pity, not unlike what you and I do at times.
Have a better day in Christ Jesus; trust in Him completely!
Bucky
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