Correct Me, Lord
I don't know about you, but I didn't really like it when my parents corrected me. I am sure that I never asked them to correct me, but I should have done that. Yes, I knew I was not perfect. I knew I had a lot to learn, but in my pride I thought I was doing well enough so that I did not need to get corrected. I especially did not like it when they corrected me by spanking me or giving me serious consequences for my sins, but I have to admit it did help me learn. Jeremiah saw his situation as a prophet for God's people. He knew that he needed help, and he was wise enough to pray for God to correct him. (Jeremiah 10:24) "So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die." I believe there is a lot of wisdom in praying like this, and we can learn about what we need and how we should correct others, too. I hope it will change our attitude about being corrected and correcting others. If we have a good amount of God's wisdom so w...