Sometimes

Sometimes I do the wrong thing, even when I don’t want to.

Sometimes I say the wrong thing, even when I don’t mean to.

Sometimes I assume the worst, rather than hope for the best.

Sometimes I act before thinking.

Something I speak before thinking.

Sometimes I think about myself first.

Sometimes I act solely for my own benefit.

Sometimes I forget to thank God for everything, and wonder where He is instead.

Sometimes I hurt people without meaning to.

Sometimes I hurt myself.

Sometimes I make assumptions.

Sometimes I do what I want, rather than what is best.

Sometimes I don’t tell people simple things, and they then become complicated things.

Sometimes I neglect my responsibilites as fiancee, and friend, and now, father.

Sometimes I hold onto my feelings, rather than sharing them.

Sometimes this distills into something poisonous.

Sometimes I lash out defensively.

Sometimes I just lash out.

Sometimes I am not a good person.

Sometimes I sin in lots of different ways.

Sometimes I am human, and need to remind myself that God is not.

Sometimes I need to throw myself on the altar, and do not.

Sometimes I make it about me, and not about God.