GEORGE W. BUSHISMS: These are some of my favorites, thanks to Scott.

I like the idea of people running for office. There's a positive effect when you run for office. Maybe some will run for office and say, vote for me. I look forward to blowing up America. I don't know, I don't know if that will be their platform or not. But it's I don't think so. I think people who generally run for office say, vote for me , I'm looking forward to fixing your potholes, or making sure you got bread on the table. March 16, 2005

"We cannot let terroists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."Aug, 2000

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love for women all accross this country." Sept. 2004

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." Aug. 2004

"One of my hardest parts of my job is to console family members who have lost their life." April, 2004

"In other words, I don't think people ought to be compelled to make decisions which they think is best for their family." Dec. 2002

"It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (the Artic National Wildlife Refuge). I think its a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is." March, 2001

"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." Jan, 2002

"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas." Sept. 2000

"The best way to find these terroist who hide in holes is to get people coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and data." Dec. 2003

"This has been tough weeks in that country." April, 2004

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun." Oct, 2000

I believe the Apostle Paul dealt with humility in a way that we can best use for our own lives. I've called this post: Paul Servant Hood Enfleshed.
Paul in many of his letters described himself as a servant. Romans, Philippians and Titus.
He exemplified servanthood in three basic categories.

1. Transparent Humanity: In 1st Cor. 2:1-3 Paul stated, When i came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3. I came to you in weakness and fear and with much trembling. (NIV)
Was Paul being modest? No, just being honest. Paul was not perfect and he admitted it. Like Paul, a servant does not try to hide his or her humanity, but lays it out in the open for others to see.

2. Genuine Humility: Ist Cor. 2: 4,5 Paul states, My preaching and my message were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the spirit- his preaching was unempressive. Paul desired that people become increasingly more impressed with God and less so with himself. This suggest two revealing test of genuine humility. The first is a willingness to be accountable. The second- A sensitive awareness to the needs of others.

3. Absolute Honesty: 2nd Cor. 4;2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful acts we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Ulterior motives, hyprocrisy, duplicity and political games are not marks of a servants life. There must be dedication to follow through with ones word and an unwillingness to manipulate others.

Guides to Effective Listening

You can appreciably increase your ability to listen by adhering to these practical suggestions:
1. Realize that listening requires work on the part of the listener. Listening is characterized by faster heart action, quicker blood circulation and a small rise in body temperature.
2. Recognize your own biases. Try to keep them from interefering with the message.
3. Resist distractions. Good listeners adjust quickly to any kind of abnormal situation. Poor listeners allow bad conditions infringe upon conversations; in some cases they create the distractions themselves.
4 Find an area of interest. Good listeners find ways to make even the most boring routine messages relevent to themselves and/or their jobs. Make your listening efficient by asking yourself: what is he/she saying that can be mutually beneficial? What is the most worthwhile point of his or her message?
5. Show empathy. If you show empathy we create a climate that encourages others to communicate honestly and openly. To see the speakers point of view.
6. Be patient. Don't interrupt the speaker. And delay making judgements about the speaker's personality, the principal points of the message and the approiate response until you understand what the speaker means.
7. Capitalize on thought speed. Most of us think about four times faster than the communicator speaks. The good listener uses the "waiting" time to think about the message.

These thoughts work extremely well in my interviewing of respondents whom I deal with while working for the Government.

Listening Effectively

Most of us are acquainted with the old riddle that goes: If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is in the area to hear it, does it make a noise> From a communication point of view, the answer must be a definite "No." Even though there are sound waves, there is no sound because no one perceives it. For communication to take place, there must be both a sender (speaker) and a receiver (listener). Each of us plays the role of speaker and listener many times each day. Thus it is important to learn to play both roles.
Having worked for Johnson and Johnson for 36 years, I learned that the value of executives who possess good listening skills is recognized as highly important. Executive counselors at J & J for example, advise that sympathetic listening to subordinates in day-to-day informal contacts within and outside the the work place is the most effective method by which executives can tap ideas. They feel that there in no system that will do the job in an easier manner...and nothing else that can equal an executive's willingness to listen.
I believe very strongly also that Ministers and Shepherds in the local church can better feel the pulse of the congregation by being good listeners.
What is listening? Listening is the ability to understand and respond effectively to oral communication. Listening requires more than hearing; it requires comprehension of the communication received. We hear with our ears, but we listen with our mind.
There are barriers to effective listening; Some barriers to effective listening are: Listening to only those things that are relevent to our own goals and objectives or that serve to satisfy our own needs. Just stop and think about your own listening habits. Also filtering the thoughts and ideas of the sender according to our own beliefs, expectations and relationship to the speaker is also a barrier. Just think about communications between wife to husband or, husband to wife. Most time we only hear what we want to hear and ignore the rest.

Coming up next: Guides to effective listening.
If these type post mean anything to any one please let me know. They served beneficial for me in years past and still even now in the church.

Sooner or later a man, if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take.
He learns that it doesn't pay to be a too sensitive soul; that he should let some things go over his head like water off a duck's back.
He learns that he who loses his temper usually loses out.
He learns that all men have burnt toast for breakfast now and then, and that he shouldn't take the other fellow's grouch too seriously.
He learns that carrying a chip on his shoulder is the easiest way to get into a fight.
He learns that the quickest way to become unpopular is to carry tales and gossip about others.
He learns that buck passing always turns out to be a boomerrang, and that it never pays.
He learns that the business could run along perfectly well without him.
He learns that it doesn't matter so much who gets the credit so long as the business benefits.
He learns that even the janitor is human and that it does no harm to smile and say"Good Morning" even if it is raining.
He learns that most everyone else is as ambitious as he is, that they have brains as good or better, and that hard work, not cleverness, is the secret of success.
He learns not to worry when he loses an argument, because experience has shown that if he always gives his best, his average will break pretty well.
He learns that no man ever got to first base alone, and that it is only through cooperative effort that we move on to better things.
He learns that bosses are not monsters, trying to get the last ounce of work out of him for the least amount of pay, but that they are usually pretty good fellows who have succeeded through hard work and who want to do the right thing.
He learns that folks are not any harder to get along with in one place than another, and that the "getting along" depends about ninety-eight percent on his own behaviour.

Goal setting is the most important aspect of Self Motivation.

Goals defined; A goal is a dream with a deadline. Goals must be written down inorder to crystalize thinking. To be successful in every endeavor- individuals must set and work toward specific goals. Important; Goals must be measurable.
Specific goals can be short range or long range. Specific goals can be based on, (1) Family goals, (2) Personal goals, (3) Physical goals, (4) Spiritual goals.
Why are there reasons for people not setting goals? Probably because they are afraid they will not make it, or no one has ever told them how.
Examples: Wright brothers had a specific goal, a better solution to transportation.
Roger Bannister had a specif goal, Break the record in the 4 minute mile.
Henry Ford: First assembly line.
Goals must be clear in our own minds. How can we improve ourselves? We tend to delay but someday will never come- we must set deadlines. Do not take your eyes off your goal. Be positive- trust your own ability. Your ideas are as good as the next persons. Don't be afraid- talk up your ideas, they may just work for you. One idea leads to another. It is not what it is but how you see it. We must know where we are going.
Negative goals: We can't depend on luck. The goal might be too big. For instance, I can't play Pro Football, I'm too old-too tired-too scared etc. Another negative is its not your goal, don't set a goal if someone else suggest it. For instance weight loss.
Experts tell us that only 5% of the people know where they are going.
Remember Babe Ruth struck out more than home runs. It is our attitude not aptitude that determines altitude. Live one step at a time until you achieve your goal, then set another one. Become all you can be.
Zig Zigler calls negative goals, losers limp.

I have one more post and then will close out my blog.

Success and Failure:

John Keats wrote: The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted: thence proceeds mawkishness.

The difference between success and failure can usually be reduced to one word--Goals.
Goal setting tends to be difficult for some people. They never plant the seed of a clear goal in their mind. A person growing toward a worthy goal is a success.

J. C. Penny said: Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a person who will make history. But give me a man without a goal, and I'll give you a stock clerk.
Acts: 19:10, Paul dreamed of a world for Christ in his generation. This goal was ever present in his own mind, made him what he was. All in Asia heard the word of Jesus.
The one talent man had no goal except to put his talent in a bank for security. Therefore he was a failure.
Goals always make the difference. I recall back in 1970, when there was some talk about having a program of Christian Education in Central Arkansas but the belief was that it was not possible.Setting a goal after my failure for a County School Board position to start a Christian School became a reality. My life time has been blessed because of goal setting. God has made us the masters of our lives.
Any person with a definite goal and a well-thought out plan will become an effective leader for Christ
Our lives should reflect crucial times in history. We should live a life which is rich, abundant and full through serving others. Goal setting is the most important aspect of self motivation.

Someone has written:
Please God grant me
The spark to imagine
The daring to inovate
The discipline to plan
The skill to do
The will to achieve
The commitment to be responsible
The leadership to motivate

More thoughts later on goal setting

I have been going through my files that have been put back after many years and destroying most of them that would be of no value to anyone. I ran across this one I wanted to share because i feel is is worthy of posting.
Today I Saw Truth by Elam Hill
Today I saw truth. For a moment I lived and breathed in the great presence of truth and felt its sweetness plunge deep into my soul.
I am a coach in a Junior High School. I work with 500 boys each day. This has been my occupation for over 20 years. I enjoy it.
Traditionally, I am supposed to be rugged, tough, crusty; yet underneath this exterior, feeling and understanding must exist if the job is to be done.
Today was test day in climbing the rope. We climb from a standing start to a 15 foot height.. One of my tasks these past few weeks has been to train and teach the boys to negotiate this distance in as few seconds as possible.
The school record for this event is 2.1 seconds. It has stood for three years. Today this record was broken. But it is not my story. How this record was broken is the important thing here, as it so often is in many endeavor in life.
For three years Bobby Palacio, a 141/2 year old Mexican boy, has trained and pointed and, and I suspect, dreamed of breaking this record.
In his first of three attempts Bobby climbs the rope in 2.1 seconds, tying the record. On the second try the watch stopped at 2.0 seconds flat, a record! But as he descended the rope and the entire class gathered around to check the watch, I knew I must ask Bobby a question. There was a slight doubt in my mind whether or not the board at the 15 foot height had been touched. If he missed, it was very very close-- not more than a fraction of an inch-- and only Bobby knew the answer.
As he walked toward me, expressionless, I said, "Bobby did you touch?" If he had said "Yes," the record he had dreamed of since he was a skinny 7th grader and had worked for almost daily would be his, and he knew I would trust him at his word.
With the class already cheering for him for his performance, the slim brown-skinned boy shook his head negatively. And in this simple gesture, I witnessed a moment of greatness.
Coaches do not cry, only babies cry, they say. But as i reached out to pat this boy on the shoulder, there was a small drop of water in each eye. And it it was with great effort through a tight throat that I told the class :"This boy has not set a record in the rope climb. No, he has set a much finer record for you and everyone to strive for. He has told the simple truth."
After the other boys had finished their next turns and Bobby came up to the rope for his try, a strange stillness came over the gym. Fifty boys and one coach were breathlessly set to boost Bobby Palacio to a new record. He climed the rope in 1.9 seconds! A school record, a city record and perhaps a national record.
When the bell rang and I walked away, now misty eyed, from this group of boys, I was thinking, "Bobby, little brown skin, with your clear, bright, dark eyes and yiur straight, trim, lithe body--Bobby, at 14 you are a better man than I am. Thank you for climbing so very, very high today."

Personal Relations continued.

Example: If someone hurts our feelings and we are agressive, we would attack him personally, attack his character by saying insulting things to him. If we are passive, we would not say anything but would pout about it.. We would perhaps talk to others about him behind his back. If we are assertive, we would go to him and say something to this effect. I've been feeling angry about what you said, but I woild like for us to resolve our differences. Can we talk about it? Remember that no matter how we verbalize our anger, we must always be willing to forgive. Forgiving starts with an act of will. Forgiving is a choice. Sometimes it takes time to reprogram our feelings but we can always forgive a person by an act of the will.

The Ten Commandments of Human Relations
1. Speak to people. There is nothing as nice as a cheerful greeting.
2. Call people by name, not names. Sweetest music is to hear ones name called.
3. Have humility. there is something to be learned from every living thing.
4. Be friendly. If you want to have a friend, be one.
5. Be cordial. Speak and act as if everything you do is pleasure.
6. Be interested in others. You can like everyone if you try.
7. Be generous with praise, cautious with criticism.
8. Give your word, and keep it.
9. Be considerate of the feelings of others.
10. Be alert to give service. What counts most in life is what you do for others.

Plato said: "When individuals speak ill of you, so live that nobody will believe them."

I will continue to post some items that may be little or of no value to those who read them, but they helped me during my years in industry and education.

Interpersonal Relations

Todays society has a strong tendency to evaluate human beings on scales which make some persons better than others.
Assumptions:
Adults are better than children
Bosses are better than employees
Men are better than women
Whites are better than blacks
Doctors are better than plumbers
Teachers are better than students
Winners are better than losers
and so on.
We are undergoing significant changes in every aspect of our society, our religion, our families, our work, our life styles, our educational systems, and our government. Education, like society and all its other institutions, is experiencing painful and profound crisis and confusion.
I am aware that many persons continue to believe in a thrust towards betterment- call it evolutionary, intellectual, scientific or humanistic- it is vital that human beings, especially those with responsibility to and for others, attempt to make sense for what is happening- for their own fullfillment and for that of others.
We never- no never outgrow our needs for ongoing courses in human relations. I endorse without qualifications the concept of the quality of human beings. Caring, sincerity and honesty are essential parts of human relations. I am sure we all want to do right.
What we are going through now is the deepest and most dramatic of changes- How the human being views the human being- How man envisions Himself as a person- What it means to be human- What consciousness means- to express emotion- How to relate to others. We are often put down or made to look down on ourselves.
In traditional western culture, man has been conditioned to see and experience himself in negative ways- with much fear, shame and guilt. Whatever the relationship, ( parent and child, teacher and student, minister and worshipper, politiician and constituent) man has been impressed to look outward and upward, to the authority figure, for instruction on how he ought to be.
Let's look at it in a different light. Let's think about looking inward and seeing ourselves in a positive way. Learning to be assertive is education for living, for being human, for becoming ourselves in much more human ways and for making society more human also.
Romans 12:3, 9-16 What does it mean to be assertive, as opposed to being overly aggressive or over passive. Do not think more highly of yourself than you ought, but think of yourelf with sober judgement. Aggressive and passive are the two extremes we want to recognize and correct in our lives that cause us to have a negative feeling about ourselves and others.
When we are agressive with our anger, we rid ourselves of our own feelings and vent our own anger at someone else's expense. We attack his character, we attack him personally. We lose control of ourselves.
When we are passive or use non-assertive behaviour, we do not express how we feel, but we take out our in some kind of unconscious passive behaviour by putting things off, pouting, doing a poor job, letting other people run our lives and at the same time resenting it. We will say yes when we really want to say no. Neither extreme is healthy.
When we are assertive, we do express the way we feel, but we use love and tact in the way we say it and what we say. We say yes when we mean yes and no when we mean no. We stand up for what we think we should stand up for and we ask for what we feel is important. We must take a real interest in someone if we expect to know him or her well enough to understand where they are coming from.

More later on Human Relations.

This is Friday and I encourage everyone to feel good today. Remember, 90 percent of your feelings are based on how you want to feel.
Logic will not change an emotion, but action will. If someone ask you how you feel, tell them "super good, but i'll get better. Or maybe, " fantistic" but I'm improving.
Take care of your health. Feed your mind. Take some time to be quiet, and above all, take some time to love.

Build a better world

"Your task is to build a better world,"
said God and I answered, "How"?
This world is such a large vast place,
And, Oh so complicated now!
And I'm so small and useless, there is
nothing I can do."
But God in all his wisdom said,
"You just build a better you."

I feel often like the cross-eyed discus thrower. I don't set any records, but i like to keep everyone on their toes. I don't know why i post these things but hopefully it helps to keep important things upper most on our minds.

How should a person feel about himself? How should a Christian feel? Should his or her self-image be primarily positive or negative? Should a Christain stress continued sinfullness or should his primary emphasis be on newness of life?
What is meant by self-image as desiginated by the psychological term self-esteem? By self esteem we refer to the evaluation which an individual makes and customarily maintains in regard to himself. An expression of approval or disaproval-- it indicates the extent to which the individual believes himself to be capable, significant, successful and worthy.
Generally our self-esteem is either high or low, either predominately positive or predominately negative.
Again, generally speaking, I believe that what someone thinks of themselves has much to do with the kind of life they will live. A person tends to live up to his self-image.

Lets look at Paul's self image.
Paul had a very positive self image. He saw himself as a great sinner but he refered to the
Grace of God who forgave his sins. In 1st Tim. 1:15 he refered to himself as the chief of sinners.
Paul was accepted by God and was useful in God's Kingdom. Paul stated, " I am the least of the Apostles, unfit to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God, but by the Grace of God, I am what I am and his Grace toward me was not in vain."
We might say then, that though Paul does have a very deep sense of sin, he is able to maintain a predominately positive self-image.
His confidence was not so much in himself, but in God. It was not I, but by the Grace of God which is with me. 1st. Cor. 15:10. As a matter of factin 2nd. Cor. 11 : 30 Paul goes so far to say,
" If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weaknesses." Paul despite his deep sense of sin, always maintained a positive self-image. He believed in God's Grace.

What better example can we use than Paul's life? I believe entrenched in his life was what he could accomplish in God's Kingdom more so than dwelling on past mistakes.

Having a positive self- image has helped me tremendously in my life. I have always felt that i could overcome the difficult years and lack of education and succeed. I am assured that God's hand was leading me on along with the love and support of a great family and host of friends.

This concludes my post on self-esteem.

How we view ourselves: part 2

The bible teaches that we belong to God and to each other. The bible teaches that becoming a Christian is basically a submission of ourselves to God and each other, Eph. 5:21 and James 4:6. None of us lives to ourselves alone. When a Christian is willing to consistently "lose themselves" for the sake of others, it builds personal worth and dignity, ultimately resulting in our finding "life" Mark 10. Conversely, when an individual is self oriented, self occupied and self concerned, the abundant life Jesus promised is not possible.
We must have a clear, honest and objective view of our strengths and weaknesses. This comes from both personal examination and from shared observations of those closest to us. Rom. 12:5, We must see ourselves with sober judgement. However we must be careful not to compare ourselves with ourselves. 2 Cor. 10:12. Scripture teaches us to imitate and model ourselves after people who are stronger and have proven themselves effective 1 Thes 5:12.
We must see ourselves as people with a purpose. We do have a purpose, a reason for existence! Contrary to worldly thought, we are not here for our own enjoyment and pleasure-- but to serve God and others. When we fully comprehend the opportunity which all Christians have to effect others for eternity, we will develope a personal confidence and assurance of our own worth, which those living by the world's standards could never attain.
Far too many Christians are plagued by feelings of inadequancy, self doubt and spiritual weakness. We are mistaken if we attempt to let the wisdom of this world convince us to "be good to outselves" or to just "accept ourselves" the way we are. Jesus came to redeem us from an empty way of life, to give us the power and the resources to become "like God," and he expects us to share our redemption with those about us! It is imperative that Christians have healthy, Biblical attitudes concerning themselves. These attitudes must not be the result of self-delusion or the acceptance of worldly principles but the result of our remaining in Christ and His word. Our pattern for spiritual living has to be Christ Centered and those who are striving to live that life according to God's will. Not those in the world that encourage pleasure at all cost and especially the Hollywood crowd who flaunt that sinful life style. This creates an unteachable spirit and severely hinders spiritual developement.

Back in the late 70's and the early 80's there was a lot of emphasis put on the subject of how we ought to view ourselves. Books were written to help individuals to feel better about them selves, to grow in self awareness, self esteem and self appreciation. It seemed as if the divorce rates along with suicides were increasing at a rapid rate. Products and magazines became available to help individuals to feel better about them selves.
I was provided the opportunity through my company to attend seminars that dealt largely with this subject. I learned about "stinking thinking," and how we all needed a "check-up" from the "neck-up" from men like Zig Ziegler, Norman Vincent Peale, Paul Harvey, Dr. Joyce Brothers and others that traveled the country with lectures on self worth. For about a year and a half I taught classes at church to the various adult classes as well as divorce recovery groups on this very subject.
It became more evident that God's word has much to say about attitudes toward self, and as christians it is vital that we are aware of, and teach these biblical attitudes and perspectives, instead of being solely influenced by contemporary philosophies and the thoughts of non christian psychologist and others that claimed to have all the answers.
How we view ourselves is deeply inrooted in the fact thar we are created to be like God. In Gen. 1: 26, we read that we are created in the image of God. Contrary to what many teach, human beings are unique in all creation; we are special. We have an unlimited potential for growth and change. In Eph. 4:22, Paul teaches us that the new creation we become at conversion is unlike our former way of life. Rather, we are to put on the new self created to be like God, in true righteousness and holiness. It is unfortunate when Christians view themselves as weak, helpless, hopeless individuals at the mercy and whim of their environment.
Isaiah, 64:8 tells us we must see ourselves as "clay" in the potter's hand. Our goal is not merely to become more religious, but to become more like Jesus, until ultimately as Paul said, "Christ is formed in you" Gal. 4:19. If we wonder why we are not becoming more christlike, the problem may be that we are not consistantly and totally submitting ourselves to the Lord. Clay, regardless of the quality cannot form itself; it must be worked by the potter's hand. It does not argue, or resist the hand of the sculptor. I have found that self-help programs have at least one fundamental weakness: the reliance upon man instead of God. Is our attitude one of submission or rebellion?

To be continued

Five Categories of Mistakes

1. Panic Prompted:
These mistakes are made out of fear or being in a hurry, or they could result out of worry. When we find ourselves in this state, we sometimes panic and make a wrong decision.
Gen. 12:10 tells of a mistake made by Abraham. God had said to Abraham, "you are my man" and through you a nation will be born. You will have a heritage that no other man will have. Stand fast , trust me through all the cares of life and I will bring through your life a nation. With these words still ringing in Abraham's ears, Abraham panicked. The scriptures read, Now there was a famine in the land- there was no bread or meat- apparently not much water either. Things had gotten tight so Abraham went down into Egypt.
Why? He got shook- even though God had said, Abraham stay by me at the altar at Bethel.
Usually when you make a mistake- others follow. Like dominoes falling.
And it came to pass when he was near Egypt, he said to his wife Sarah- See now, I know you are a beautiful woman, and it will come about when the Egyptians see you, they will say, this is his wife and they will kill me and let you live. Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well for well for because of you and that i might live on account of you. Gen. 12, 11-13.
When we panic our whole focus gets twisted.
Another example is when the spies went into the promised land, they came back saying, "no way" there are giants in the land. We are only grasshoppers. Where did they place God?

2. Good intention mistakes
These are mistakes that are made ignorantly when we use the wrong planning or the wrong method.
Moses is a good example of this mistake. Ex. 2: 11, 12 states, when he saw the egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his bretheren, he looked around and when no one was looking, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
There was a good motive in delivering the Hebrews. Moses desire was to defend what was right but his good intentions led to tradegy, the sin of murder. Moses probably thought everyone would understand but they did not. Acts, 7: 23-25

Have you ever mistaken someones wife for their mother? I have

3. Negligent mistakes
These mistakes come from being lazy or from oversight, inconsistancy or just a olain lack of discipline. Oftentimes dads get too busy, preoccupied and therefore negligent. Its a mistake among successful high achieving fathers. Ben Franklin said a little neglect might breed mischief.
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost:
For the want of a shoe a horse was lost:
For the want of a horse a rider was lost:

4. Unrestrained- curiosity mistakes.
These are most attractive to young people. Unrestrained curiosity usually relates to the sensational. We must restrain curiosity to a certain extent. Curiosity is a major part of our lives and common throughout the world. There is an old saying that curiosity killed the cat.

5.Blind spot mistakes
These are the one we repeat most often. The ones we commit out of ignorance or habit and maybe poor parental influence.Paul had a blind spot for John Mark. He was not willing to accept John Mark for what he was. Paul considered him a failure.
Peter had a blind spot- when he was around the Jews he ate Kosher food, but he ate differently around the Gentiles. Usually blind-spot mistakes are more detectable by other people more so than the person or victim.

As individuals, we are probably sure we made the right decisions. However, are we always correct?

Mistakes---Marks of imperfections

We, as christians suffer from a very common ailment: making honest mistakes: not willfull sin, but mistakes that can lead to sin, but there are honest mistakes.
Webster: To make a mistake means to choose wrongly or to make a wrong judgement.
There is also a second meaning: a wrong attitude, action, statements proceding from faulty judgement, inadequate knowledge or intention. ( Out and out rebellion.)
We are all prone to honest mistakes, but can open the door to sinful activity.

There are basically five (5) categories of mistakes.

1. Panic prompted mistakes.

2. Good intention mistakes.

3. Negligent mistakes.

4. Unrestrained- curiosity mistakes.

5. Blind spot mistakes.

If anyone is intrested, I will define the five different categories with some additional comments.