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October 8 – Admitting It Quickly · The Daily Ripples Podcast

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  Good morning, y'all.
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  This is the Daily Ripples, October 8, admitting it quickly.
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  The stone.
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  Humility grows when I admit my mistakes promptly instead of defending them.
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  Ripple one practical.
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  Today, I will not let pride keep me from saying I was wrong.
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  A sincere apology may feel uncomfortable, but it often opens the door to healing and stronger relationships.
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  Honest correction is always better than regret.
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  Ripple 2, spiritual.
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  As I follow Christ's example of humility, the Holy Spirit gives me the courage to admit my failures without fear.
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  The Father uses honest confession to restore relationships and strengthen my character, teaching me that humility always leads to freedom.
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  Wow.
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  This to me is a very tall task.
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  I, uh, have a very hard time saying, I'm sorry.
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  And, uh, for me, I want to get it right the 1st time, so I don't have to say
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  I'm sorry, which goes along with yesterday's ripple of, you know, pausing when agitated.
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  But when I find that I don't pause when I'm agitated and my mouth gets me in trouble.
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  It requires an apology.
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  Um, the thing that stands out to me, though.
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  In the stone.
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  It says, I admit my mistakes promptly, promptly, that word, whew.
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  And promptly, the definition of it is to do something quickly, without delay or exactly at the arranged time.
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  And for me, I want to think about it and justify why I did it, why I said it, why they deserved it, and why I don't owe them an apology.
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  Um, and I will procrastinate and ruminate and and sit around and wait around until The moment has passed.
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  The hours have passed, the day has passed.
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  And I've procrastinated to the point of never doing it.
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  Part of this comes from fear, fear of reprisal, fear of, uh, retribution, fear of being looked at less than, um,
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  Fear of my pride being hurt.
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  Here's that old word fear again.
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  False evidence appearing real.
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  Um, you know, in our big books of alcoholics anonymous on page 59, the 10th step says continue to take personal inventory.
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  And when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
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  Um, you know, this is one of the steps in our program that takes um, action every day, you know, do an inventory, a self-assessment of the things that have gone on.
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  And that may not wait until the end of the day.
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  You know, I know when I've done something to hurt somebody's feelings or I've said something that may not have been, uh, truthful or nice, and um, and I know when I need to take an action to promptly admit when I'm wrong.
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  Um, you know, for me, it's a prayer to God, uh, how do I do this?
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  Please give me the strength to be able to um, say what I need to say in order to make things better.
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  Um, 9 times out of 10 when I make an apology and I do so promptly, um, it's forgiven and forgotten.
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  And it reminds me of the verse in Proverbs 28.
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  verse 13.
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  It says, he who hides his sin will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
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  So I look at that as he who covers his sin.
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  will not have inner joy.
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  But he whoever confesses and forsakes the sin, will have admitted, conquitted, and forget it, and move on with life.
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  You know, I'm not responsible for someone else's reaction.
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  I'm responsible for my own actions.
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  So regardless of if that person accepts my apology or not, I've cleaned I've cleaned the slate for myself.
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  Uh, what a free thing to not carry around.
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  Um, hurts that I've caused others.
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  And I have to remind myself when I get into a justifiable, uh, reaction to things, um, where I stand in this world and and what keeps me sober, who I need to rely on and to humbly ask God to help me in these types of situations.
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  And honestly, it really does have to do with fear at the end of the day, false evidence appearing real, as we like to say in AA.
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  Um, Another one of those simple things, but not easy to do, especially when I have felt like a victim for a lot of my life and felt like things have been done wrong to me and I deserve this and I'm justified for that.
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  Um, When I put on that new set of glasses, when I ask God to be a part of my life every day and to direct my thoughts and my actions, It allows me to see a different perspective of it's not all about me.
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  There is no self-pity, self-justification, or self-righteous anger, because it's not about me.
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  It's about others.
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  And it's about working with other people and helping others.
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  With a with a Christ-like love that he showed the world.
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  So today, Father God, give me the humility to admit when I'm wrong.
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  Through your Holy Spirit, help me choose honesty over pride.
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  Shape me through the example of Jesus.
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  Amen.