credibility

None of us I’m sure will admit that we are hypocrites.  We want to be good. We want to be faithful. We want to do right by God and by others. And we want others to see us that way.

And yet, over time, it can happen that there are small compromises in our faith that we begin to accept — not because they are good, but because they are familiar.  And sometimes, because we see it in others, including our elders and those whom we hold in regard, we tolerate it in ourselves.