Words from WW Blog

“All of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)

After a flight from Atlanta to Phoenix, I had a need to go to the restroom. It was 9:00 in the evening so the terminal traffic had thinned out. I entered the restroom, rounded the corner, and was taken back by the fact that an African-American lady was standing at the first sink. At that moment, I realized that I had gone into the women’s facilities instead of the men’s.

I said, “Oops!” and made my retreat, shouting my apologies. She laughed and excused my transgression. When we boarded our flight to Colorado Springs an hour later, who do you suppose was sitting in the row directly in front of us?

I apologized to her and assured her that I did not make a habit of going into women’s restrooms. She laughed again and told me it was okay.

The “Oops Moments” of life. As our face turns red in embarrassment, they remind us of our humanness and capacity for cluelessness. Even the most sophisticated and with-it person has moments of “oopspicity.” It might be a fender-bender, or a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of a dress shoe as someone is leaving the restroom, or a burp that emerges in the middle of a board of directors’ meeting. No one is immune from “oopsing it up.”

As forgiven followers of Jesus, we have the assurance that the moments that we are most embarrassed about are wiped away. Just as Peter was forgiven for some of the things he said that he didn’t thin k about, we are forgiven for the moments we wish we could push the rewind button and turn back time.

Bottom line: None of us are perfect, even when we pretend to be. That truth keeps me humble…and checking my zipper whenever I come out of the restroom…no matter which restroom I’m exiting.

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