OK.. yesterday I made a HUGE mistake online, which shows how human I am and how careful we all have to be.
Somehow or other, I have got it into my head that Solomon was the product of David’s extra-marital rape of Bathsheba. Once again, I read Solomon’s name and that same crazy, incorrect belief came to the forefront of my mind and so I tweeted about it, posting my incorrectness as fact on twitter, facebook and myspace.
OOPS!
Yeah, I’m human. I’m fallible, I get stuff wrong all the time – and I apologize to anyone I’ve misled.
It reminded me though that you can’t believe everything you read or hear, even if it comes from someone you really trust.
We’re all human. We all get stuff wrong. No matter how wise and knowledgeable we are, we sometimes get things wrong – and some of us more than others 🙂
I want to encourage you today to remember to check for accuracy what you hear and read before you inadvertently commit something that’s inaccurate or untrue to memory and especially before you pass it on to others!
(Especially if it comes from me 😉 )
A man will make mistakes a big man will admit them. Proud of you. And if you think about it maybe in a way he was a product of what started out with David's extra-marital affair. After that child died, the grace, amazing grace and forgiveness of God showed mercy triumphing over judgement. ~ Appreciate you. Merry Christmas.
Thanks Doug – and merry Christmas to you too!
Wow…How could you make that kind of mistake? My entire image of you is shattered. Unfollow! (just kidding)
To use a word that my kids are not allowed to use in this context: :p
I am shocked. I thought everything on Twitter and the internet was true! I suppose that means I really didn't win that lottery in Barbados. Crushed, simply crushed. I still believe in YOU, Peter. Or at least I did until you mentioned Myspace….
LOL.
Eh, it's okay. I'm more interested in the fact that you called it, "David's extra-marital rape of Bathsheba." I never thought about it that way before. While it's unlikely that she was kicking and screaming, since she may have been scared of his office, I guess it could have been rape. I always assumed she was captivated by his (quite literally) royal hotness and simply agreed. Interesting!
Bathsheba didn't have the choice as to whether she went to David. He was the king. She simply didn't the right to say no.
That doesn't mean she didn't think he was hot… but we don't know because of the bias at the time against caring about how women felt.
I give her the benefit of the doubt though. She was married. I think she wanted to be faithful, but you simply could not say no to the king.
Good on ya for admitting your mistakes. So many people on the internet won't do that.
Thanks, Jason.
I make a lot of mistakes. So many I don't have time to admit all of them 🙂
I think it is awesome that you are publicly owning up to your mistake.
I know pastors are held to a higher standard, but I find it kind of comforting that you don't know everything! 😀
Thanks, Helen.
People make it so much harder than it really is to admit our mistakes. Pastors often seem to think that they need to appear 'perfect' but, in my experience, that only leads to trouble down the line!