I know this is the second time the word
"admit" appears in this acrostic, but as far as men are
concerned, it’s a verb that can never be overused. This is
especially true when it comes to dealing with the fact that it’s
not if are going to mess up, it’s when. I love the story about
the husband who was looking in his closet one day and saw a
cigar box on the shelf he had not noticed before. He pulled it
down, opened it up, and was puzzled to find that inside were six
eggs and $1500 in cash. He took it to his wife, and asked,
"Honey, what is this?"
She responded with a startled, "Oh! You found it." She then
went ahead and offered an explanation. "Well, since we married
23 years ago, each time you made a mistake I put an egg in that
box." He thought to himself, Wow! 23 years of marriage and only
six mistakes. Man! Am I doing good or what?
As he silently gloated about his fine history, he was curious
to know more about the contents of the box. "Well, what about
all this cash?"
She hesitantly answered, "Every time I got a dozen eggs I
sold them…for 50 cents."
Needless to say, that fellow would have done well to have
never found the box. But, in truth, his dilemma is common to
most of us guys. I want my son to know that we all mess up at
one time or another. The important thing is that we are willing
to admit it when we do.
"Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another
so that you may be healed." While this admonition in James 5:16
is directed to the followers of Christ every-where, it certainly
applies to husbands and wives who care about the spiritual
health of their marriages. And the hus-band should be the first
to exemplify this attitude. Without it, a root of bitterness
could spring up and cause trouble.