What's Wrong

I had a nice conversation with my sister the other day.  By nice I mean we both agreed with ourselves and each other.  Kind-a-like preaching to the choir or having a mutual admiration society.  (We love each other.)  The conversation was about making mistakes.  You know, mistakes made by you, us .... OK me.   I take issue with Paul, in that I am, not Paul, the chief of sinners.  I freely admit this, mostly because it would be foolish to try and deny it since all of you know it's true.  Now what my sister and I agree on is that because of the kind of God He is, we can focus on the future and forget the past.  I really believe that we spend way too much time worrying about all the mistakes we've made, and we spend too much time worrying about the mistakes of OTHERS.  Interestingly, and after the discussion with my sister, I had a conversation with a friend from Canada.  They confided in me about a mistake they had made.  This person seemed relieved that I was only concerned with what they learned from the situation, and didn't care about the mistake.

I believe that fear drives us to focus on our mistakes.  I'm fairly convinced of this.  I am convinced because I need only look at myself to confirm this belief.  When I'm worried about my mistakes I'm fearful of a multitude of things.  The greatest fear is usually "what will others think".  This is not the only one by any means, but it is a major one.   [ Maybe because I'm short. :) ]

We conquer our fears by fully trusting God and his words.  You know the cliches about not worrying or judging others.  Well.... anyway, it's how the fear is conquered.