Apologies

I feel that I will be very good at apologizing by the time I am old. It seems that I am constantly struggling to say things just the right way so that I will not hurt the ones I love, but sometimes that struggle is in vain. I wish I could go through life never being misunderstood but it seems more times than not my words come out akwardly and I spend the rest of the conversation trying to clear up misunderstandings. Or worse, I just say stupid and hurtful things on purpose. Either way, I definitely do not live up to James 1: 19 (quick to hear, slow to speak) and sometimes the people that get hurt are the closest to my heart. My hope is that in those times to most meaningful words that come out of my mouth are "I'm sorry."