Confession Time

Something else has been on my heart today. I usually trust God to guide the way so, as the song says, here I go again.

There are many on my Facebook friends list that have seen me at work over the years of my career. Most already knew that I was a Christian, and many knew that I had been a Pastor of two failed church plants. These are friends, work friends. Friends I had beers with at many work functions.

Yes, many of you saw me acting not much better than those around us. Yes, after a few beers you heard my language deteriorate to something more colorful. Yes, you saw me ogling girls that were not my wife. Yes, we discussed murdering co-workers we didn't like.

Yes, all of that was me. I confess it. I won't hide it. I am a man just like you and everyone else.

What is different isn't me at all. No, it's God, through Jesus Christ. Yes, I loved and trusted Him back then. I am not God. I am not perfect. I never was, I never claimed to be.

I have His forgiveness and grace. He talked to me before I met you and has talked to me long after working together.

I act and react like a man...like a forgiven man, a Christian man.

I am me. I suck.

But Jesus Christ is awesome. He still loves me even though I didn't show His best as we worked together.

So, please realize, I don't need your forgiveness. I already have His. I just want you to know, you can know His grace too. All you gotta do is ask Him.

He will always listen.