pat loughery

I’ve been in motorcycle buying mode lately. Trying to figure out whether to sell or trade my current main ride, and I’m trying to decide between this BMW and this Harley. My brother’s a Harley guy, and is shocked that I may be considering something else. So in this story to follow, think of a guy who’s 5’10”, big and beefy, shaved head, big goatee – truly a biker guy:

I told him that I was going test riding yesterday, taking the BMW out for a spin because I’d ridden it before and didn’t really like it the way that I expected to before.

He had this wonderfully profound comment:

So, you’re going back to the bitch, huh?

I had to ask him to clarify 🙂 But it was worthwhile…

You tried it before, you didn’t like it, you’re trying it again. It’s like going back to that old ex-girlfriend, the bitch, because you can’t think of anything better to do.

It was light a flash of inspiration – what a great rewording of Proverbs 26:11:
“As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his folly”

For me it was such a powerful reminder, that I’m so often tempted to return to old patterns of sin, brokenness, loneliness. And even when I’m trying to justify why I’m doing it, it really is just going back to the bitch..

++Lord, keep me from repeating old, dead+murderous patterns and habits++