I found out how tarnished my name is in some minds.

Talk about surprising! As well as eye-opening and discouraging.

Now what do I do? How do I set the record straight? How do I restore trust? How do I clear my name?

I care deeply about my name and my reputation.

But I just read a verse that reminds me I need to care about another name even more:

“O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” (Psalm 8:9).

May I “defend” His name and reputation.

May I live my life so that others attribute to Him the excellence He is due.

I don’t know who judges Mark Roth most harshly: me or certain others.

Neither do I know who judges him most leniently: certain others or me.

But that doesn’t matter one speck…compared to this:

“God judgeth the righteous…” (Psalm 7:11).

It is so good for me to be reminded of that again. Ultimately, it’s not what I or others think and say about me. It’s what God thinks and says.

So, then, what does He think and say of me?

I need to do better at these two things:

1) Remembering that He judges me. (And living that way.)

2) Resting in that. (And fretting less about how others judge me.)