dailydatewithgod

There is a song called my greatest mistake by Sheryl Crow where she sings about a past relationship and refers to it as her greatest mistake.  The song title alone makes me smile.  What a concept!  I have spent most of my life being afraid of making mistakes, of being “wrong.”  That is because I personalized it.  I thought if I make a mistake, that it meant that it wasn’t a mistake.  What a relief to realize that my thinking was incorrect.  Actually, when I look at it now, the fact that I saw things that way for such a long time is not a mistake either.  It is how I knew how to conduct myself at that time.  Now, I know better, so I can do better.  I can live freer because I see that being “incorrect”  is actually what is perfect for me.  It is all in how I look at it.  Life is 10% what happens and 90% how I react to it–that includes my reactions to what I say and do.  If I see that by making a mistake, I am making something that I can learn from then there is no wrong, there is no incorrect.  Or, if you like there is incorrect because it is in-corrrect–heading towards correction.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to embrace our mistakes as God-given opportunities to learn. Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen