You messed up. You done wrong. You took the
left-hand path. You flubbed, forsook, and failed.
It happens to all of us.
Hopefully, you saw things for yourself but
more likely somebody had to open your eyes to it. They called you to task. They
slapped your hand. Told you no. You got chewed you out, criticized and critiqued
How did you take it?
A wise son accepts his
father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1
I’m beginning to realize that a true mark of spiritual
maturity isn’t perfection but the ability to listen to correction. Oh for sure
there will be some that will criticize baselessly but a wise man can see that
and dismiss it. A fool however does that to everything
that is told to them. Even when their error is obvious, they will attack the
nature of the person correcting them and the way they did it and when they said
it. They never accept the fault only redirect it to others.
However, we never grow much if we do that.
If I want to be better it takes me realizing
when I am not at my best. Self-deception is too easy a trap to fall into. We
need others to help us see the wrongs to make them right. Accountability to
others keeps us honest. To do that we must learn to listen to correction. No
matter how bad it might make us feel.
Sensitivity to rebuke needs to not be about
getting our feelings hurt but rather a willingness to act to fix the problem.
If we can’t be told when we are wrong, we will
never end up in the right.
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