11.24.07
I want to try to write something everyday. I really like the way David Brainerd journaled. He just wrote his experiences in a raw format. So here goes.
The week of Thanksgiving was pretty hard for me. Work has been insane busy and I have so many accounts that it is impossible to keep up. A few people have gotten mad at me because I didnt turn around their software quotes quick enough (I sell sofware and hardware for a PC company). Well Monday some people got upset with me and I gave it right back to them. During the conversations I got convicted and i changed my tone with the customers after i had been a jerk to them. Tuesday the same thing happened but i recognized and didnt get angry with the people. It is awesome when you can recognize something before it happens. The Greek word for repent is:
G3340 μετανοέω metanoeōmet-an-o-eh’-oFrom G3326 and G3539; to think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider (morally to feel compunction): – repent.
compunction: A pricking of heart; poignant grief or remorse proceeding from a consciousness of guilt; the pain of sorrow or regret for having offended God, and incurred his wrath; the sting of conscience proceeding from a conviction of having violated a moral duty.
I always want to have repentive spirit. To think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider with a pure heart.
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I starred this in reader to comment on later and like always I procrastinated. Thanks for the insight on ‘repent’. That’s awesome. I have been using this all week. “…to think differently or afterwards” really is the key that I have never focused on. When you get right down to it that is really the heart of the matter. Repentance is not just feeling sorry for what you have done and while that is important it is turning and changing. Keep it coming man!
Aaron Webb - November 27, 2007 at 7:40 pm