What's going on with you? Why do we make the same mistakes over and over again? When faced with a challenge,do we think horizontally or vertically?
If you look at the sky through sun glasses with a yellow tint everything will have a yellow tint despite the fact that everything is not yellow. Your conclusion is not based on fact but based on your glasses. We often times see things as they appear, not necessarily as they truely are. It is for this reason we need to ask God to help us to "Take a Look Within."
"Take a Look Within" will result in causing you to look in the mirror. Once we see our reflection we will come to understand that we need to look at ourselves before we look at others when faced with life's challenges. Once we allow God to work on us from the inside out we can begin the journey of becoming the best person we can be which will eventually lead to our having better relationships.
When you think about the biblical character of Samson who else do you think about? Most people think about Delilah who betrayed him, but did you know that Samson was involved with two other women before Delilah? Each of those women had the same thing in common because they betrayed him. They had different personalities but the same character.
We are much like Samson in that we choose people, places, and things that are not always best for us. If the truth be told the last dilema we found ourselves in was probably not the first time we had that type of experience. At the end of the day the reason we make those choices is because of our failure to look in the mirror and deal with our unresolved issues. Going forward we need to decide to take responsiblity for our actions and ask God to show us the path to wholeness in Him.
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"Samson was a man of great physical strength, but his weak inner man ultimately led to his destruction. We can avoid the mistakes Samson made by taking a look within and seeking God to better understand our strengths and weaknesses. We should humbly ask God to strengthen us in our inner man so that we can be who He called us to be, and be an example to others".
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