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The Biggest Mistake I’ve Made This Year
I have a confession to make…
I’m not perfect.
GASP!
No seriously, I’m really screwed up. I think before I speak, and sometimes I act before I do either.
Which led me to the realization that I am blessed to share with you today: the biggest mistake I’ve made this year. 
About 5 years ago, there was a particular situation which I did not think through whatsoever at all. Some crazy stuff (nothing sinful, just crazy) went down and I ended up getting booted from that ministry.
In hindsight, I was a total idiot. Super unwise. Very disrespectful. Total blockhead move. The leadership made the right call in asking me to peace out for a season.
But it didn’t end there. Because as time went on, I found out that this team had been spreading the misunderstanding to others. Lots of others. My past has been held over my head, and grace was being withheld. I got furious, pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of their actions, and of course, the glorious Christian rumor mill was spinning at full speed!


Sin is a funny thing. As my professor would say, it’s not funny ‘haha’ but funny ‘peculiar.’ Coveting, murder, lust, gluttony, and idolatry are all sin and eventually hurt us as well as others. Though we can immediately identify these as negative and harmful, it is more difficult to spot them when they have not yet developed into the monsters they become. In his book 


