Ch. 30 - Cannn't

Looking at my post of Ch. 28, you will find a phrase in each that I really don't like using often. Yet there it is. To me, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I wanted so badly to go and edit the posts so they wouldn't contain those words... those two, little, ponderous words... but I didn't.

I can't.

I'm not going to go into a big spiel on why you shouldn't say 'I can't,' I'm not some fourth grade teacher who has the authority, if you will, to do so. I'm not a mother. Or a father, for that matter. You 'can' do, say whatever you want. It's just that after years of people telling me, "You should never say you can't do something. You can! Think positively! Blah, blah, blah - yadda, yadda, yadda," it's basically second nature to think twice about saying 'I can't.'

There are some things I simply feel that I cannot do. Although I suppose they could be translated to things I simply feel that I should not do.

Ch. Twenty-Eight:
'As much as I want to take the lead again and do things my way, I can't.'
'As much as I want to take the lead again and do things my way, I shouldn't.'

For the context of the example, it works, trust me. That doesn't mean I should always substitute 'I can't' with 'I shouldn't,' of course. Because it's not always going to work, no. And because I shouldn't fall into the habit of doing so and thinking that it's ok because I'm not really saying 'I can't.'

I don't know where I'm going with this today.

I know God is working in my life.

I just can't see how right now.

I need to open my eyes a bit.

I'm closing up again.

I don't want to, though.

Pray.


'Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." '
[Matthew 19:26]

Rocking the Matthew lately.