Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalm 73:1-3 (NIV)
I am not perfect; I have slipped a lot.
I am not perfect – I’ve said it (twice!) for all the world to hear (hey children of mine – pay attention!)
I have messed up a little bit and no one really noticed, and I have messed up bad, some of my mistakes have cost me dearly.
I hope that I don’t mess up that bad again, but I am human, and I will make mistakes.
I will slip almost daily.
We are fortunate that God is good, that He loves us, even when we mess up.
We need to acknowledge our mistakes, ask for forgiveness, and take care not to make those mistakes again.
Yet we watch others doing things that we know are wrong, but they seem to be flourishing.
I don’t understand why or how they get to seemingly go on without punishment as they continue to do horrible things and impact the lives of others, yet they continue to prosper.
We are gently reminded “don’t envy the arrogant and the wicked but follow the path of the righteous.”
We are going to slip, but God is good and we can be forgiven.
Just don’t envy those who are blatantly arrogant.
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