Just left Goodwill. Found a great deal but it was large. Got the ticket to go up and pay but turned around to go ahead and drag it to the check-out. As I approached my find, a lady was intently looking at it and she looked as if she really wanted it more than I did, so I offered her the
ticket. She immediately accepted it and said, "Oh, thank you. Are you sure you don't want it?"
I told her she could have it. The second I turned around a thought came into my mind, "Sucker. She played you like a drum." I felt completely hacked off. But then...the voice I heard sounded familiar. That same voice tried to tell me I was an idiot to try and write a book, "Who do you think will actually read a book YOU wrote?" Then I make plans and hear, "NObody will even know if you don't come, they never liked you anyway."
I'm on to this voice. It always comes when I'm tired, not feeling well or not keeping the truth volume turned up on high. So, even if the lady played me like a drum, that's not my problem.
At the time, I believed she looked like she wanted it more than I needed it and that's enough for me. I'm only accountable for my own actions, not hers.
And what, o man, does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8