Insight is a type of foresight that gives you advantage over those with no hindsight.

Live it

It never ceases to amaze me a small voice can remind me of a past warning just after I fail to recall it and am in the process of suffering the consequence. I don't understand how I can't forget some things, but seem to have increasingly more trouble remembering anything else. This raises a question, "How many times must we commit the same mistake before we learn not to do it?"

Many years ago I and my family were dining at a restaurant after church. Looking across the room, I saw a family I'd known since my youth. After greeting my friend and his wife, I encountered his married daughter at the salad bar and noticed she was pregnant. Yes, I said it! "When are you expecting," I smiled and asked. The fact she was not pregnant but simply appeared that way to me, was bad enough. But even worse was the fact I learned nothing but repeated my mistake sometime later - to the same person. It was then I made a decision to take certain words, such as "pregnant" out of my vocabulary. If I have a choice, I'd rather appear uncaring than idiotic.

Pray it
I laugh about it this morning, but there is no joy in failing to remember the things you teach. Help me avoid the things that wait to trip me up and give me clarity to act responsibily even as the gray leaks from my hair to my brain.

Resources
If you won't honor God, get out of the way because someone behind you is waiting to do so. (2000)
It's better to do nothing than do something on your own without God's blessing. (2002)
Don't so long to get in the race that it's over and everyone's gone home (2003)
Tomorrow may be one day too late to follow Jesus. (2004)
John could have used a line like Harvey saying, "Now, the rest of the story." (2005)
People may decide to trust Christ or not by judging the way we live. (2006)
When we fail to see God in everything, it means our faith is missing in action. (2007)
Discovery is the first thing the Spirit will teach us . (2008)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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