On Being Right

Everyone likes to be right. I love being right. It gives me a confidence that I can stand up to anything and even if physically or verbally defeated, can know in my heart I was treated with injustice and that God will vindicate me.

But being right is not enough.

My prayer is that as much as I am right let me express the equivalent love. Let not my keen observations lead me down a path of pride or self-righteousness. Let not my observations lead to a solitary despair. No, let me give to others where they are what I am given from God to give with all humility. Let me somehow reach out with God's love where correct information alone simply cannot heal.