difficulty confessing error

Many good people have a very difficult time admitting a mistake or that they may have erred. They are afraid that they may be diminished thereby, and so they remain silent or turn to another topic without ever confessing their error. Pride often blocks humility. Arrogance often blocks truth. Jesus offers a way out in his experience with the Canaanite woman. Renewed power, however, comes from acknowledging one's error, remaining meek and moving on, as the Master teaches: Matthew 15:21-28 King James Version (KJV) 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.