Everyone can "talk the talk" but can we "walk the talk"... going to church, being part of a bible study, small group, reading our bibles are the right things to do... but can we put it in to action... the Bible says to tithe 10%... do I? the Bible says not to swear... do I? the Bible says to love your neighbor... do I? the Bible gives us all kinds of direction... do I put what I read in to action? Sometimes we want to fit in... am I a Christian all of the time or when it is convenient? Do I worry about what God thinks or what other people think? Sometimes I struggle to follow God's Word... He never said it was going to be easy all of the time... but I find the more that I follow His Word the easier it gets... Thank you Lord for being the God of second chances. I will work harder at not getting "fooled".
Self-deception is not seeing and learning from our faults... stagnating.