Andy Stanley likes to bring up this thought nugget, “Do you know who was present at every bad decision you ever made? You. You were present at every one.”
We learned something from Jeremiah yesterday that our heart is deceitful above all things.
Advertisers and marketers are geniuses at using this knowledge. They know how easy it is to present something in such a way that we believe it. And then we act.
And then later we wonder why.
Why did we buy that? Why did we call her back? Why did we go there? Why did we get suckered into believing her or him?
Wouldn’t it be great if we had a pause button? Before we decide to trust her; before we decide to go there; before we decide to send that note on social media that will make us look like a fool; before we buy that–we pause, breathe deeply, tell our deceitful heart to back off.
We are also present at our good decisions.
Andy never says that. But it’s true.
Wisdom comes from gradually recognizing situations and hitting the pause button and then making the good decision.
Faith Venture 
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