This may seem like a simple task, but many of us struggle with it. Tune in for more!
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[00:00:00] How to Offer a Sincere Apology, many might say, well, duh! Then why do so many of us struggle with it? Tune in! Hello and welcome to MoMo634, the Daily Podcast Chalk Full of Faithful, Inspiration and Motivation. MoMo634, Motivational Moments, just for today. I had an unpleasant conversation today.
[00:00:49] I didn't like the way I was approached and I got very defensive. Afterwards, I felt convicted as I thought about these words from 1 Corinthians 13. Love is patient. Love is kind.
[00:01:07] It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
[00:01:26] It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, enduers, all things. Great! Gravy! It must be opposite today because I was the opposite of many if not most of those things. As kids often were forced to say, sorry to someone, but we all know it's not sincere.
[00:01:54] After my unpleasant conversation, I was bothered because I knew I had botched it. And those words from the Bible kept cycling through my brain.
[00:02:07] So, I put on my big girl pants and told a person that I realized that I had not spoken in a way that God calls me to, and offered a very sincere, I'm sorry. They in turn did the same.
[00:02:27] The episode, my origin story tells of a bratty little anxiety-ridden girl who thought the world revolved around her. She was also very defensive and hated being wrong. She is me.
[00:02:47] I need to slow down. I have such low frustration tolerance that I just need to shut myself away from people when I'm in the thickest of whatever is crucial at the moment,
[00:03:00] rather than engaging in difficult conversations right when I'm approached, but rather when I'm done with my task, so I can devote my whole attention to the needed conversation. Then I need to step away and breathe and not jump right into the next thing.
[00:03:21] I also need to remember to do unto others as I want them to do to me. Our meme for today says, treat everyone as you would if Jesus was in the room because he is. And do it sincerely because it is the right thing to do.
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