In My Own House

Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house. — Matthew 13:57b

Can you know someone too well? Maybe not, but we have to work a little harder to overlook some things we know and be more forgiving if we are close. Jesus’s words may be why we have the most difficulty accepting accolades or forgiving ourselves. We know ourselves too well.

I wrestle a lot in my prayers and sleep with the person I am, seeing every fault and mistake, over and over. Jesus’s words bring me much needed comfort knowing that honor awaits even if I can’t see it in my own house.

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Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.