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Last night my brain got the better of me. I completely confess to my utter foolishness concerning Bill Hybels. As many of you may know, my mouth and brain  run (bolt) fast. Not only do these gifts work fast but are equally blunt. While these characteristics can be extremely advantageous (which they are), they can also be disastrous (which they also are).

Our mouths #### us up. They do! The person contrary to this statement should go stand in line for the first space ship to Mars because there are others there who agree with you. Let’s get to the point, we say things we shouldn’t but rarely ever correct these statements now flying into humanity.

This leads me to status updates, tweets and blog posts which are blasted into internetland every single day. Many of these are untrue statements of others, negative statements about others, dishonoring opinions about others, derogatory, malicious and antagonizing words about others.

We tell ourselves we are just letting off steam or de-stressing. We tell ourselves it is our way to unwind or is a gift we have. We tell ourselves someone has to say it, someone has to recognize it. We tell ourselves how right we are and how wrong others are. What the #### are we telling ourselves?

I made an extremely sarcastic statement to Bill Hybels of Willow Creek organization last night (Follow Bill here). Recently I checked out his twitter and noticed that this lenged, this incredible church leader, this incredible global mogul, this remarkable piece of humanity was only following 2 people! 2 People, I remarked to myself on my sofa. How can this global mogul follow only 2 people? There is no one on the planet so awesome to only follow 2 people.

I was aggravated and like most Americans I decided to say what no one else would. As if my words were going to change something, as if my words even needed to change something, as if my words and attitude should warrant a change. Why didn’t I decide to mind my own ###### business? Why didn’t I listen to my wife (Follow my wife and her words of wisdom here).

Most of you online have said something to someone or retorted to another with not only wrong words but wrong feelings behind the words. I’ll bring it home like this. We live a majority of our lives  online and yet we do not resolve as much online as we should. We move on and think it doesn’t matter.

I’m here to remind you there is a God who measures words and attitude. Measure your #### before you blast on someone. For me, I knew I needed to resolve this statement. I know Bill Hybels could care less or anyone else from Willow Creek organization. They are used to people bashing them. What I do know they care about is people making restitution. I do know they care about the sin and the sinner. I do know they are working their ### off at bringing the lost into God’s Kingdom.

Confront and handle your ####  you have been saying online. Just because you don’t think you have caused a rift doesn’t mean you haven’t. Psalms says those with clean hands and a pure heart will ascend the hill of the Lord. It’s kinda hard to clean up your heart when you avoid it.

Below is my formal apology to Bill Hybels concerning my tweet to him. I am not sure he will ever see it but it’s not really for him, it is for my ignorant ### self. Forgive me Bill and more importantly God.

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