Dear SCC & Friends,
Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.
~Psalm 19:12
Reflection #101
When I was in school, the best feeling was getting a “100” on a pop quiz… I mean a 100% is the perfect score… It seems however, there is no 100% in life, even if you’re a perfectionist. No matter how hard we try to perfect or hide our flaws, they do become apparent. Acquit me, free me, release me from hidden faults… that part of me which I don’t see and sometimes refuse to see if pointed out by someone else. My wife once told me I was a picky eater, and I responded by telling her I wasn’t picky… I just had preferences. I gave her a lengthy and lame defense about all the exotic foods I’ve eaten. Picky people can be self-centered and demand special treatment, and I was not about to be lumped in with them. In very short order, the Lord convicted me that I was indeed picky, and that she was right, and I was wrong. It shouldn’t have been that hard, but it was. How could I be picky when I wasn’t picky and yet I really was picky? Who can discern (understand, distinguish, perceive) his errors? We all have blind spots and need each other. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. ~Ps. 139:23-24
Our culture takes great pride in self-assessment and personal hegemony. The term “my truth” is incongruent with the very definition of truth. Truth is not a feeling or intuition… It is not an opinion or personal taste. Truth is true if nobody believes, and falsehood is false if everybody believes it. ~Os Guiness~ Truth is so obscured nowadays and lies so well established, that unless we love the truth, we shall never recognize it. ~Blaise Pascal~…Thy word is truth. ~Jn. 17:17 Jesus is not only the Way and the Life but is the very embodiment and incarnation of Truth. …and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ~Jn. 8:32 Next time one of our blind spots comes to the foreground, may we find grace… quick to hear and slow to speak… Help us Lord… Let the words (speech, both tone and content) of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. ~Ps. 19:14 We were made for these days. Keep up the good work!
Trusting in Him,
Kevin