A TRUE CONFESSION

   Just because I write a blog about God, about the Lord Jesus Christ, and about the Holy Bible, this does not mean that I live a perfect life, nor that I have overcome every obstacle there is to being human.  To say that I am would not be the truth.
   At best, I am human, just like every other person in the world, and I face many of the same issues of life that many people also face.
   I have happy days and I have days that are not happy.
   I have frustrations, dejections, rejections; times of total joy and times of sadness; times of laughter and times to weep.
   There are people I like and, in being honest, there are people I do not like.
   I enjoy the company of many people, and there are people I do not enjoy being with. 
   At times, too, I know there are people who do not like being with me. 
   I also deal with anger and disappointments. 
   Even though I try to get along with every person I meet, this does not mean that they want to get along with me; for I know there is something about me that is a magnet for others, but, there is also something about me that turns people toward another direction.  Is this situtation me, or is it them? 
   I also know that there are people who have never accepted me as I am.
   At best, I am human.  I am a work in progress and the work is not finished yet.
   You, also, are a work in progress and the work is not finished yet.
   So then, what will I become when the work in progress is finished?   I know not.  This is why I pray to God to help me in all of my life's situations and to understand more about the things that I do not understand; that the Lord will help me to be what He wants me to become, and that I will be able to see in others what the Lord sees in them.
   Yet, in all that I experience in my life, my faith in God does not change.  I rely on Him to help me in all that I do, in everything that I accomplish, as well as in all areas of my life that are in need of improvement:  that I will learn how to deal with all of my negative characteristics in order to be more like Him and less like me. 
   And this is my true confession for today.