Everyday I have a song or a thought in my mind, or even a little phrase that I read through the years or something I heard from somebody that I loved or impressed me or was trying to help me.
Not everybody is about the Bible, but the verse from The book of Job was all over my mind today about “if I justify myself, it will only reprove me, if I say I’m perfect it will only prove me perverse.”.
I’m fairly reflective most the time, but this struck me in my mind from this morning! I’ve read it, I’ve even been in Bible classes as we went through it — and that verse always stuck out. I’m not a fatalist in mind or heart or soul, actually opposite of that, but the thought, no matter how good your intentions or purposes are, sometimes we just make mistakes and no one is perfect.
There are so many expressions like this in our society, but this way of saying it seems so clear to me. I’m thinking, it’s really a God complex to me to think we never do anything wrong. My father had mental issues and actually believed he had excelled to the level of God in lifetimes of reincarnation. That always troubled me and I watched myself at times when I was so confident and tried to be mindful that I didn’t know everything, LOL.
Some things I guess are deep in my heart and mind from my youth. These things are good things to think about today. Sometimes I just don’t excel to the level I hope and intend for myself, but I can always reflect and improve for tomorrow! It’s helpful to me remember nobody’s perfect and saying or thinking so much of myself just proves the point .
