Well my boss is leaving town for two weeks so he is leaving the preaching up to myself and my associate. So hopefully we won't run the church into the ground while he is gone. No but seriously our sermon series the next two weeks is called the Highway and the Diner. We are going to be talking about the winding road of faith, and communion.
Sometimes I can be stubborn! Especially when someone is trying to tell me something, but most of the time I am too hard headed to listen. It is no secret that I like to do things my way, or least I try. But no matter how hard I try, things don’t always turn out the way I plan. Some would say that this is just coexistence. I say it is God (the big man up stairs). Case in point: Since I returned from
Africa last summer I have had the bug to return, or to do missions in other locals. At first I thought that it was what the Lord had planned for me, but it is just not the case. I have tried to go plan 5 different mission trips in the last couple of months. For some reason or another they have not worked out. So here I am this summer staying in
Durango. Which is not always a bad thing?
So I am listening now Lord!I know that he has amazing things planned for me here.
Recently more than once I have opened my big mouth and made comments that have offended more
than a few people. This is nothing new for me. I can remember numerous times in 
college that I said something off the collar with out even thinking about it. Now that I am older and hopefully a little wiser I am trying to work on this fault of mine. Most of the time when I say something that comes off offensive. I do not do it with ill intentions I just do it with out thinking. Without thinking how the other person may react. Sometimes it is not until I go back and think about what I have said. “Oh well maybe I shouldn’t of said that.” If this happens I try to think how the other person may be feeling. Most of the time I apologize to the person. On the other hand sometimes I don’t even realize what I have said until someone tells me that they have been offended.
So why am I posting about this subject? One reason is I just need to get this off of my chest. Second, by recognizing this I feel that I am becoming more aware of the feelings of the people that I interact with. No, I am not trying to please everyone I associate with, I never will. I just feel that by making this aware to myself I am helping improve my self-worth. And lastly I hope by confessing this to myself that people may give me allowances for my faults.
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