Surrendering to the Lord’s Correction

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

(Stephen said:) “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.” (Acts 7:51, NRSVCE)

Correction is always hard to hear, no matter how lovingly and kindly it is delivered, no matter how much we know in our souls that it’s needed.

Back in my late thirties, afte...