Today's Menu: Eating Crow

“Sometimes the very thing that you least feel like doing is the thing that will take you above the dark clouds of your circumstances.” – Os Hillman

What are some things that are hard for you to do?

Yesterday, I wrote about going to physical therapy in order to (hopefully) heal the tendonitis in my right arm. The sessions are grueling and quite painful, but I endure them because they promise to produce results.

Likewise, I gave up two things that I absolutely love – dark chocolate and bold coffee – more than a year ago because there is a possible link between caffeine and vertigo. And so, as much as I love eating a Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Bar and washing it down with a cup of dark roast coffee, I haven’t indulged in either since January 2025. No more vertigo attacks for me… PLEASE!

But do you know what is even harder than those two things? Admitting that I am wrong… and apologizing. Whether it is due to pride or perfectionism, it isn’t easy for me to confess to having made a mistake let alone say that I’m sorry for it. But guess what? Just like I endure my PT sessions and refrain from eating dark chocolate, I try to “suck it up” and admit my mistakes and apologize for them when I am in the wrong.

No, it’s not easy; but yes, it’s necessary… especially if I want to maintain a clear conscience and grow in grace, being conformed to the image of Jesus (Romans 8:29).

That’s why I once apologized to an old girlfriend for not being a godly example and to a former employer for not always conducting myself in a Christlike manner. Both instances required me to swallow my pride – for the record, it didn’t taste very good – but afterwards I felt much better for having cleared the air.

How about you, my friend? What things do you wrestle with… or what things have you been putting off that you know you should take care of ASAP? My advice is simple: Get ‘er done!

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.” Philippians 2:5-8 (BSB)

- Rev. Dale M. Glading, President