Today 9-3-2021

Matthew 3:8 ESV "Bear fruit in keeping with repentance."Although I knew I was wrong, I kept it up! Today we learn about bearing fruit by saying we are sorry! It wasn't getting us anywhere, or maybe it was! By keeping the argument going, things were getting worse by the second. I needed to come clean, apologize and begin to make things better not worse. In life, we may hold on to what we think was right only to find out that our right was actually wrong. I had caused the argument with my wife over a simple thing were I was wrong but that stupid "macho" thinking kept me from admitting I was wrong. Our relationship wasn't getting better (bearing fruit) until I apologized. Once I apologized, things began to improve! Let's not let the thought that we are never wrong keep us from bearing fruit. Admitting our mistakes, our sin, will be the beginning of bearing fruit! Who wouldn't rather eat a good piece of fruit rather than one that has gone sour! Don't go sour, go say we are sorry! peace, tom