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Knowing is ONLY half the Battle
Monday, November 27, 2006
G.I. Joe had it right when they said, “Knowing is half the battle!” but they forgot the other part.
While knowing that something is good vs. bad, or advisable vs. ill-advised seems to be a good thing, it’s the not the end of the process in dealing with life’s issues. There is the part about ACTION that needs to follow the knowledge of right and wrong. Awareness is the beginning part. Action is the end part.
Why am I harping on this? This thought has been percolating through my head for almost a month now. I’m not sure what spawned it, but it’s been pretty persistent. Probaby because i’ve been trying to solve all of my life issues and am frustrated that I can’t seem to follow through with my own plans and solutions. I think it’s mostly because i thought that one would naturally follow the other. “If i KNOW better and am aware, then i will DO the right thing.” In the past, I always wondered why others couldn’t do that. I obviously didn’t see any glaring hypocrisy in my own life yet, was a little blind, if you will. As a result, i was very judgemental (not saying that i’m not *still* judgemental, but at least i’m aware...hahaha).
But really, why IS it so hard to do the “better” or “preferred” thing when you know what that is? Why can’t i keep my mouth shut when i want to get the last word in, even though i know that it will spawn another fight? Why do i lay down a “solution” for someone’s problem and then get upset when they don’t follow through? Why? I think that Paul wondered about this all the time.
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.” ~ Romans 7:15-20 (NIV)
I guess it’s just part of our nature. If Paul had this issue, i’ve got no delusions of grandeur that i will be able to be better than him. So what are we supposed to do then?
Let me know what you think about this topic. Comment here!
(P.S. Hope you all had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!)