THINKING I KNEW BEST
Today's reading: Proverbs 5-6

"...How I hated discipline! If only I had not demanded my own way! Oh, why didn't I listen to my teachers?.." Proverbs 5:12-13 NLT

It's marked in my Bible, I was stuck on this verse last year at this very time.

The same issues I deal with in my heart.

The same independent streak I struggle with in my head.

The same sin I confessed last year, I stand before God and confess again.

Sure, I thought I knew best. I just knew my way was the best way, the only way, really. I had 'it' all figured out and knew the best way to attack--but come to find out, I don't even have a clue as to what 'it' even is!

So I ask God's forgiveness again for pushing forward, for running ahead, for allowing Him to tag along as I set the pace. I ask with a repentant heart that He wipe my slate clean and that He and I begin again...this time with Him leading and me following His every footstep.