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5-21-19 Tuesday
Fresh out of Bible College back at my home church as the youth pastor. It was a very big church. I went to play a B Ball game in the church gym. half way through the game I jumped up and got a rebound… I came down and the guy who was covering me looked familiar. He just casually said “you’re Garth right?” I said yes. He said “you used to be a jerk to me”. I immediately remembered who this kid was… and what did I say back to him? THATS NEXT!
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So yes, I was always picking on this kid in middle school. He went to our church for a while, and I don’t know why I picked on him, he was just odd and an easy target… I never truly meant to make him feel bad it was just what you did as a middle schooler. So in that moment when he said you were a jerk to me… I simply said “yep, I was a jerk back then. hope you forgive me and can move on”. He smiled and said “we all grow up”!
I have learned through out life that being honest and or admitting when we are wrong is SO MUCH EASIER than excuses or lying or manipulating the truth…
What do you do when someone calls you on your stuff?
If you are willing to accept full responsibility and admit your mistake or behavior… it typically is done with at that moment.
The repercussions evaporate right there in the conversation.
But to those who cannot admit they are wrong and be honest with themselves… it is tragic.
What happens in that situation? They drive away the quality people in their lives and can only attract those with the same “weak and fragile self esteem”.
When someone cannot admit they are wrong they are truly admitting they have such a weak and fragile ego and self esteem that they just cannot - WILL NOT - nor have the tools to deal with reality.
Psychologist call this state psychologically fragile.
But here is what’s weird… that person who is fragile has convinced themselves that they are really strong emotionally because no matter what they will not admit they are wrong… and their brain tricks them into thinking that is strength. WEIRD RIGHT?
Honesty
Police officer questioned a drug dealer's mother after her son was already in custody. The police wanted to know why the woman had thirty-thousand dollars in the glove compartment of her truck. The woman said she was saving it to put a prosthetic leg for her son. Her son, had both legs; he had used them to run from the police earlier that day.
When someone confronts you - you admit your mistake. You honestly speak the truth back to them regarding your behavior.
When you can’t be honest with yourself and admit your failures you create a very altered and warped perception of your life and the world.* and what happens in that situation? You perceive the world to be against you… everyone and everything is against you. You become blind to your own self sabotaging behavior.
Proverbs 28:13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
2 Tim. 3:5
Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
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