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Whoops!!







For the next few days I am going to write about some things that we say, but that God will not or does not say.




Whoops!  

It's that word you use when you realize you’ve made a mistake.  

It’s that moment when you realize you put in a cup and not a ½ cup of sugar.   

It’s when you forgot to the car payment was due, yesterday.  

Maybe you forgot a birthday.  

Whoops.  

There are other times when that is the last thing we want to hear.   

On the operating table hearing whoops is not cool.   

In an airplane, I never want the pilot to say, ā€œYikes!ā€  

When I’m driving on an interstate and the next exit is 80 miles away, 

I don’t want to hear, ā€œOh no.ā€  

But the ugly truth is that we are human. 

and even the best of us are prone to mistakes.  

We can’t help it.  

It is just the way it is.  

So, there will be times when our imperfection kicks in, and we say whoops.  

It makes me incredibly glad I serve a God that is not prone to mistakes.  

In fact, God is the only one who can say he has never made a blunder.  

So even though we, 

in our humanity, can make mistakes and use bad judgment. 

God never has and never will.   

When we face a tough time at work, 

it’s not a mistake.  

When our home life is crazy, and we are pulled in every direction, 

it’s not a mistake.  

If money is tight, 

it’s not a mistake.  

When we face all kinds of trials, it’s not a mistake.  

When the road ahead is long, 

we can trust that God knows what he is doing 

and that if we love him if will be used for good Romans 8:28. 

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