The funny papers don't seem to be so funny anymore. But I can always count on "Peanuts" to give me a good chuckle. Here's one that for some reason resonated with me.
Charlie Brown: This is going to be a dumb day. This is going to be one of those dumb days when I say dumb things and do dumb things and everyone tells me I'm dumb.
Linus: Maybe you should go back home and go to bed.
Charlie Brown: I never do anything that smart on a dumb day.
This is a busy day for me. I'm attending our District's Pastor's Conference. I'll also be meeting with some folks about a campus ministry project I'm working on. And I need to connect with a couple of new, just-out-of-the-seminary pastors about a program I'm involved in.
It could also be a dumb day too. I have a tendency to be Charlie Brown like, saying and doing dumb stuff, disappointing myself and others.
Fortunately, we Christians can practice repentance and faith. I can confess my dumb stuff to the Lord and trust His Word that He will not hold my dumb stuff against me but, instead, show me mercy and forgiveness - the very things I need when dumbness strikes.
And I can practice the same with those I offend with my dumb stuff. I can seek out those with whom I said a thoughtless word or did something unkind and say those six words that are hard to speak but can bring healing to relationships - "I was wrong...please forgive me."
That's the way to take some of the dumbness out of a dumb day.
Here goes nothing! Hope you have a blessed day in the Lord!
