In this election season, where both sides are constantly looking for blame to assign and blame to avoid (and yes, the other side is always worse at it,) I love to hear a politician say, “I was wrong.” And we don’t hear it enough.
Well I need to say it now. If you have been following , you will know that I have been going round and round with our plumber about something that was broken when something else was being fixed. I have taken great pains to represent everything honestly, even the aspects of the situation that have not supported my stance.
Where I thought I had landed was on the idea that our plumber did good work, but was IMHO overly expensive. I shared that with him and with the facebook world; or at least my tiny part of it. I never shared any of it at any point angrily or in a jaded way, but it did frustrate me quite a bit. Then, as Tracy shared her opinion, which was different from mine (not the first time for that) I have started to realize that I was probably wrong.
Nope, I was wrong.
10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor 12.10
Now this section has Paul talking about the legitimate difficulties he had faced, and nothing that I am going through (plumbing or otherwise) rises to that level of difficulty, so I don’t quote this verse for that reason. I quote it because I believe God has shown me that for this next season of my life, to be stronger I need to focus on being weaker.
One of the ways I do this is my just being honest about when I am wrong. I have done this for years, imperfectly to be sure, but it has been a central concern of mine. And I also have believed and have tried to live the truth “the way you wrong someone should correspond to the way you should make it right.” So, I shared what I have come to see was a wrong thought via Facebook, so I will correct it via Facebook as well.
I now don’t think the plumber overcharged me, I believe he handled the issue we presented to him fairly and very competently. My sense that he was overcharging me was based on an understanding of the problem that I now see was likely false. So I was wrong.
Please know, this isn’t self-punishment, and I don’t feel guilty about what I did. I was just wrong and needed to fix that.
Hopefully, the saga is now over.
Except for fixing the ceiling…. Stay tuned. Drywall work should bring out some things I’ll be needing to apologize for 
Peace, Jim
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1Hi SJ,While this outcome is sohwamet positive, I am still not satisfied. Mr Procel should be forced to resign from the presidency of the organisation. His absurd lack of judgement that brought about this whole affair has demonstrated that he is not competent to occupy the position that he does.We could welcome him back to the field of grassroots sports administration, where he could be involved in such necessary and worthwhile tasks as fixture scheduling and managing equipment inventories; however, policy statements are clearly not his forte.Not since Sheikh Hilaly has a community figure done more needless damage to the relationship between the wider Australian community and the ethnic community to which they represent.Given the damage that has been done, I think it would now be worthwhile to remove these exclusivity clauses from Maccabi’s constitution.After all, the shule to which I am a member has no athletic requirement whatsoever to become a member.Support this comment 0
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