Monday; November 7
There are times when I am patient and tolerant of the people around me. There are times when it takes quite a bit to ruffle me. There are times when I find it easy to go the extra mile. Now is not one of those times! I am not sure what is happening, but I am in one of those periods when the best is not necessarily coming out of me. It wasn’t too long ago that Jeane noticed it and said something about it; now I am feeling it for myself. I am not sure that I have found the root of the issue, but I can relate to Paul’s dilemma, “For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:15). I bring this up for a couple of reasons. First, they say that confession is good for the soul. By expressing this (rather than excusing it) I have an obligation to do something about it. Acknowledgment is the beginning of accountability. However, this is only a part of the process. If I merely point out the o