Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!"Ah, if only.
I can't really say I'm any better than the Israelites at this juncture. I've done the exact same thing, many times. I read/hear/learn about what God's instructions for our lives, I say out loud/in my head, "yeah, I'm going to do that!" And more often than not, within a very short time, I've forgot/backslid/ignored it, and am back to my old self. It seems far too rare when I actually manage to make a change permanent.
However, that doesn't mean I stop trying, just as the Israelites would keep coming back to God after messing up. We're going to make mistakes, both accidental and deliberate. What determines our commitment is whether we then try to fix those mistakes, or just accept them and forget our goals.
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