“Four saying that lead to wisdom: 1) ‘I was wrong,’ 2) ‘I’m sorry,’ 3) ‘I don’t know,’ and 4) ‘I need help.’” Louise PennyGetting out of my car I noticed a woman running up to me, yelling. I reacted to her screaming thinking: Is she some kind of a nut? But then I listened. She was livid that I had cruised through the parking lot about twenty-five miles an hour.
I walked up to the open door and said, “I’m the one. I sped through the parking lot.” I went on to try to explain that I would never intentionally put kids at risk. I apologized, multiple times, before we finished talking. Later the school secretary approached me and thanked me for the way I handled it. I felt I had apologized, so I had done all I could do, all I was responsible to do…but I still felt badly. Later, thinking it through for the hundredth time, it occurred to me: I said I would never do anything to put children at risk….but I had done just that. She was right in her assessment.
Have you ever been annoyed when someone points out something you did that was uncharacteristic of you, but still the wrong thing to have done? Did you ever apologize and still not feel relieved of the guilt? If given a do-over, how would you have handled it?...or how will you handle it next time? Lord, thank You for the message that got me back on track – keeping kids’ safety paramount – even though the reminder came to me through a screaming mother and a guilt-trip. I’m grateful You got my attention before I actually injured an innocent child. Amen “For we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man.” II Corinthians 8:21
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