"I apologize, I was wrong."

Why is it hard to admit when we are wrong? Is it a sign of weakness that we make mistakes or a sign of strength, showing we are human and secure enough to admit it? I personally mess up all the time. I could spend a lifetime apologizing for a wrong attitude, misjudgments or lack of discernment and it gets frustrating! I find myself, most of the time, just wanting to be right. I want it to be someone else’s fault. I want to be the innocent protagonist.


I do spend a lot of wasted time walking around in self-righteousness; void of my connection to God.

I wonder, “God, where are you? Why do I not feel your presence?’

I strive and search for Him, sometimes giving in and just ignoring His absence for as long as I can survive in my indignation without Him. (This is not long!) Then I stop, quiet myself before the Lord and ask the question I don’t really want to hear the answer too, “God, show me what you see in me.” , and I can finally begin to feel His presence. God begins to show me things I have been refusing to recognize, like pride, anger, fear, jealousy and many other un-mentionable things.

Once I recognize my mistakes and begin to ask for forgiveness, admitting my faults; I feel God all around me. I must shrink for there to be any room for Him to enter. I notice, as I admit my mistakes and shrink down to proper size, God grows and is elevated back to His proper size, and then it all just clicks! He is alive, present, active and moving in my life. He is elevating me, growing me, surrounding and holding me. This is where I am strong and secure.

Why is it such a struggle to admit our faults? The longer and harder we hold on to our need to be right, the longer we suffer and face everything on our own. So, today, right now, ask God to show you your faults show you your mistakes and do not be afraid to see them. Admitting your weak will only give you strength. Opposites attract and being weak in the beautiful hands of your Savior will infuse you with un-surmountable strength.

Colossians 2vs13

You were spiritually dead because of your sins, God made you alive with Christ.