Willing To Be Corrected

We all know that children need to be disciplined by wise guidance they receive from caring parents.  We may assume that when we are grown, that stage of life is finished.  However, from a spiritual point of view, there is no time in our life when we don't need correcting because circumstances keep changing and we have limited understanding and often get used to bad habits.  There’s always more we need to learn about some issues and then be willing to receive correction when we are in error.  

Something was wrong in our lives when we followed foolish thinking or incorrect advice and got tangled up in addiction and destructive life habits.  Life with God in recovery is a season where we need to be humble about receiving correction, so we can move safely forward on a new life path. 

Whether we like it or not or whether it is comfortable in the beginning or not, correction is an essential part of growth.  Some thoughts and behaviours must be stopped.  Others need to be practiced until we are good at them.  No one ever wants to admit they have been mistaken but truthfully, we all have been wrong at some point.  Now we have a wonderful opportunity to learn how to get things right. 

God has kindly given us a detailed handbook which helps us to know what needs correcting in our attitudes, words, and actions.  We can always depend on what we read in the Bible, and if we are wise, when what we are thinking or doing conflicts with Bible principles, we need to make the necessary changes.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Help me to pay attention to Your Words of Life and humbly make any necessary corrections to my attitude and behaviour.  Amen

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