PAINFUL REALITY...

I'm not very open-minded.

I try ~ but sometimes I can be downright judgmental.

(Oddly enough, my main beef is with narrow minded people)

Check-ups are a necessity if I want to be healthy; I get careless if I don't watch all those things like blood-pressure, weight, etc.  On the other hand I woefully neglect something called 'reality check'...as in how am I doing in His world? 

I'm thinking 'personal' here because I know me and what's in my heart; I don't know 'bout you!

Often Michael reminds me "ignoring reality is a temporary form of insanity" and he's right on target...as usual.  Much too often I catch myself wishing reality would go away! It's positively painful, you know! Or perhaps you don't know...perhaps you're a realist.  I honestly doubt I'm the Lone Ranger here...you think?

Okay, let's see now how I'm doing with 'the real thing'.

Each week I put lots of words into these posts; I'm serious about the words...but...much of the time I find myself eating them!  Guess what?  They make me sick!

I don't know who penned this but I read it today and it floored me...'judging a person doesn't define who they are; it defines who you are'.

Now why did I have to go and read that, of all things; a most serious fault of mine is...'being judgmental'.

Believe you me, this is one dangerous flaw...I first wrote 'sad' but it's much worse than sad...it truly is 'dangerously dangerous'.   

God tells me not to judge...and I believe it.  But do I always pay attention to Him?  No...it's sort of like using my GPS.  (We didn't have one 'til just after Christmas; a grandson found one for us and we put it to use...I call 'the voice' Jack.  Now most of the time Jack steers us correctly...occasionally he errs!  Unlike some GPS's he hasn't led us into a lake or light pole.  Occasionally we disconnect him and use our own personal inner GPS ~ oops, we also err!)

Back to listening to God and I've a question...for me.  

"Vasca, do you purposely disconnect from God?"  Oh yes, yes I do...much too often...my baddest bad.  Admittedly I'm a 'repeat offender'...will I never learn?  Why oh why am I soooo slow to learn?

Albert Einstein wrote, "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

I've always done what I thought was my best to make a difference for Him; I now realize I've fallen way short. 

Here's the bottom line...and I am 100% serious.  I am not repeating the same-o, same-o (as in judging others) when I should be working on myself...Reality Check in Effect.

From my heart...to yours.