Hate it When I’m Stupid

Ah yes, the many times I’ve said this over the years. I’m guessing we’ve all said it at one time or another. You know, you make a simple mistake and you think “Well that was stupid”. I guess it’s human nature.

I found myself saying it yesterday, out loud to a group of wonderful volunteers who were helping me finish the large project I talked about earlier this week. They all laughed, and then one of them commented, “Sounds like a great title for a blog post”. We laughed even more, and well, here we are 🙂 . Maybe I should start asking for titles for this little blog and I can write how I think Father is working through those words. Hmm…I’ll give that some more thought 🙂 .

So yes, as I sit here this morning and think about the times I’ve felt stupid, felt like I should have known better, I can’t help but wonder what Father would say if He were standing next to me. I’m guessing He would remind me that He created me and He doesn’t create stupid. I actually think He would say, we need to eliminate this word from our vocabulary totally. Calling ourselves stupid or others, ya, not cool in His book I’m guessing.

We are human, we will make mistakes. How we handle our mistakes, or the mistakes of others, well I think that will show how close to Father we are. Are we willing to give grace, to learn from what occurred, and to grow stronger because of it, whether the mistake was ours or someone else’s? I think when we can do so, then Father looks down pleased at who we’ve become.

So my friends, let’s accept that we will all make mistakes. Let’s apologize when we do, let’s give grace to those who might affect us, and let’s help each other grow and learn from the mistakes we make. And…let’s do our best to eliminate that word stupid.

Have a wonderful day everyone 🙂 .

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

One response to “Hate it When I’m Stupid”

  1. Yes, doing stupid things is sometimes very painful.  Last Sat afternoon I was going to re-pot a couple of house plants. So I set them outside & went into the garage to get my trowel. I got the trowel turned & caught my foot on the boot scraper which has been there for 23 years & fell. I landed full force on my right shoulder luckily in the grass just missing the edge of the driveway.  My right knee hit the driveway & was slightly scraped. But my right fist was next to my collarbone which bruised the collarbone, and the “cap” muscle of my right shoulder is very bruised, but not broken.  The trowel was in my left which caused a bruise in the palm at the base of my thumb & my right finger turned left toward my pinked at the middle finger joint.   Actually fixing the dislocated finger wasn’t painful after the lidocaine, it just felt like someone popped my knuckle. Which is what they did.  My finger was very very enlarged from the trauma & the lidocaine so they couldn’t get my wedding rings off.  They first talked about cutting off my rings which I didn’t want to do since it is 3 bands, but when the doctor said if the circulation is cut off they would have to remove the finger. At which point I said okay cut off the rings because I can’t wear them if I don’t have a ring finger.  After consulting another doctor they decided to immobilize the finger for 2 days and I should ice & elevate the hand & check the finger that it stayed pink & had circulation.  The finger is stiff but I’m supposed to slowly keep bending the knuckle.  It has been painful to lift my right arm to do anything (brush my hair & teeth).  That pain is mostly gone finally today.The bruises are now purple & yellow but healing, and the finger is still swollen, but I can twist the rings to both sides of the finger and it has continued to have circulation. The ring wasn’t cut off, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to remove my rings.  I guess time will tell.

    Someone last week told me it takes 25 years to remember something is always there, so I guess it’s 2 more years until I remember, but I’ve moved the boot scraper to another location. This time at the ER was also 4 hour visit but I was seen & treated, unlike the last time when at 4 hours the vertigo was gone & there were still 2 people to be seen before it was my turn, so we just went home. It was so good to see you at the wedding, it had been too long.Love,Norma

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