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"I wrote this as a pastor but it applies to anyone charged with
setting an example ... teachers, police, leaders... parents, etc."
-- Pastor Nathaniel Bronner Jr.

People think that we don't bleed.

We cry.
We have fears.
We have apprehensions.
We even doubt.

We struggle with the same urges of the flesh.
We fight back the dark thoughts and emotions.

Sometimes some of us are overcome by the lower
nature and we fall headlong into the abyss.

I wish we were perfect.
I wish we didn't err.
I wish we didn't ever hurt
  others overtly or by omission.

I wish we didn't, but we do.

I wish our marriages were perfect,
  without strain or conflict.
I wish our bodies didn't tire or hurt.
I wish money magically appeared
  to cover our shortfalls.

We are full of human frailties and faults in
a world where people expect us to be perfect.

Though we are mere representatives of something
higher, we are sometimes all the people can see.

Lord when they look,


...please don't let me let the people down.


The Pastor

~A MountainWings Original by Pastor Nathaniel Bronner Jr.

"When you flee temptation, be sure you don't leave a forwarding address."-- Unknown

"Defining your moral standards serves as an ethical compass that prevents you from straying off course when the winds of temptation begin howling around your ship of life."
-- Robert J. Ringer: Million Dollar Habits

"Good habits result from resisting temptation."
-- Ancient Proverb

"Defining your moral standards serves as an ethical compass that prevents you from straying off course when the winds of temptation begin howling around your ship of life. Millions of people continually crash on the rocks of bad consequences, often suffering irreparable damage, because they allowed themselves to get caught in rough waters without first making certain that they had their ethical compasses abroad. It’s imperative to understand that for any strategy or plan of action to be sound, it must begin with a solid moral foundation. Without such a foundation, anything a person tries to build is destined to crumble."
-- Robert J. Ringer: Million Dollar Habits