8 April 2009

Today has been an interesting day.  I had my violin lesson, and learned about myself in the process.  The Lord uses all manner of things in our lives to "fine tune" us to His will.  I want everything to be perfect, but of course that cannot be since none of us are perfect, as our Lord so aptly states in Romans, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God," and " There is none that doeth good, no not one."  My teacher pushed me to move faster and not worry about how perfect it was.  She wanted me to move forward regardless of mistakes, and then eventually, one day, I'll achieve both speed and accuracy.
I have thought about and a quote from Henry James comes to mind, ""When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom."  Hum...Mistakes are lessons of wisdom?  I suppose that is true, if we learn from them.  This is true of all of life.  I have certainly made my share of mistakes, and I hope that it would be said of me that I had indeed learned from them.
I pray that I will learn from my mistakes, move forward, and with Christ's help and enablement, I can move forward. 

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