Triple C News - February 24
Hey, everyone!
Wow! What an amazing pre-spring we’re having early!! Daffodils! I’m thinking about mowing this weekend!! I wonder what’s bloomin’ for tomorrow, weather-wise! Let’s see…
Oh! I’m sorry, everyone.
Here’s yer forecast for what’s ahead…
“Rain chances will arrive later on Friday evening with rain showers likely all day Saturday with a high in the 50’s…”
Yuck! Well, anyway, I WAS gonna mow…
Hang on a sec. I need to apologize for something I just wrote!
I’m sorry for saying, “Oh! I’m sorry, everyone.”
I looked at the forecast and apologized for rain and chillier temps! As if I was responsible! I have a tendency to “over-apologize” but me apologizing for the weather is nuts! If anything falls out of the clouds on a given day, and if so, what, is not really my decision! Or my responsibility!
Altho’, apologizing, asking forgiveness, saying you’re sorry, knowing how to freely “confess your mess” is a super important skill to have!
I have this theory.
I think there is an age limit of certain skills. For example, bowling, golf, milking cows. If you don’t learn how to do them by…say…23 years old, you probably never will.
I think apologizing is like that. If you don’t learn how before you’re…maybe…43, you may never be able to! I known some older people who have never done it. And odds are, they never will. But if you know how to apologize, it opens the door to a world of other skills!
(Milking cows is probably like that!)
I was reading about a guy whose job is apologizing!
He’s worked for fifteen years for one of the big airlines in customer relations. His job is to send letters of apology whenever there is a disruption on a flight. If there’s loads of turbulence…or engine problems and smoke’s billowing out behind…or a toilet gets clogged…or the seats are cramped…or if on the international flights, the food’s a little too yucky or just a little too little, he’s the one who tells you how sorry he is!
He talked about “an unruly passenger… a nervous flyer who tried to self-medicate. And alcohol and prescription medication, together with the change in cabin pressure don't mix. And so this lady starts taking her clothes off and getting pretty loud. So then I have to apologize to 137 people!”
His daughter calls him, “the sorry man”.
But with his job of saying, “I’m sorry”, he developed other skills.
Like sensitivity to others’ feelings.
And how to use words well.
And saying something difficult in a timely way.
His wife said that Fred knows how to do a difficult eulogy at a funeral to bring just the right laughter and just the right tears at just the right moment….all because he knows how to apologize!
In walking with Jesus, saying “I’m sorry!”…or “confessing” as they call it in the Scriptures… is one of the basic skills! It’s good to learn how to do it early! “Cause you’ll need it often!
AND…with this skill come others!
“I’m sorry!” is the toughest thing to say but if you get good at saying it, it’s way easier to say, “I love you!”…and…”I thank God for you!’’’ and…”Will you help me?” and…”Can I pray for you?”
If you need to, tell God or someone else you’re sorry today. They…and/or HE…and especially YOU will be glad you did!
That’s it for weather! (I’m sorry about the weather! Wait! No I’m not!)