Correction

I’m no where near what you might consider a poster child for this.

Average age is not, mine!

I thought I was too old at 26.

I thought I was too old at 40.

A short time back, I went in for a dental consultation.

I kept the written estimate and ran across it and what had felt like only a span of weeks was 9 months and I thought, “Man! I could have already had a dang baby.” Providing I could still have a baby.  Which, I can’t. I’m too old for that, too. So, my caution was thrown to the wind at that point and I did it.

I got braces at sixty.

Eek!

Waiting to do something that I set my mind to is not really like me. But, for 34 years I have watched this situation grow worse each passing year.  I knew I wanted it.  Maybe needed it. I watched others around me through the years yield the benefit of their decision.  But, I continued to put off mine.

When using time as a determining factor, there is a particular period of life that will come whether you make that choice or not.  Is there something you’ve been putting off? 

For me, it’s been braces.

If all goes well and pending patient cooperation, the actual treatment plan should birth a visible straight-toothed smile in an anticipated 18 months.  

If I were to take a good look at myself, I know I have way more things crooked than my teeth.  My heart is one.  I can let it stray a bit. 

Correction.

I can let it stray a lot.  There is not an easy appliance to correct that, but there is wisdom.  Proverbs teaches people wisdom and discipline to help them understand the insights of the wise.  Proverbs teaches people to live disciplined and successful lives.  Proverbs helps them do what is right, just, and fair. 

You know, correction!

I’ve never read through Proverbs, the poetry of Scripture.  But, there are nearly 900 of them. I could read two a day for 18 months and maybe there is something in my crooked little heart that could birth something  a little more visibly aligned like my Vis.align.

Pending patient cooperation.

Proverbs 1

2 Timothy 3:16