Reflection

This post was one of my first "realizing my faults" posts. One of many I might add...and it makes me laugh. I had a bad day and couldn't wait to blog all about it. One thing that is so important to me in this blogging adventure is that you know that I know...I am far from perfect. I have bad days. I say ugly things. I hold grudges. BUT...not without knowing that the mercy of His love is new each day. My goal for 2011 is to not have so many bad days....to hold my tongue...and to let the grudges go. I'll be sure to let you know how that works out...pray for me. :D Enjoy...

Road Blocks

Yesterday was one of those days that if you tried hard enough, you would have offended me. I was emotional and sensitive...and pretty much took offense to everything that happened.From little stuff like waiting in line for haircuts, or getting the wrong order at Sonic. Everywhere we went, they were running behind, which put my schedule behind...and I had zero patience.I even got my hair cut and colored and I was in a bad mood. If you are a woman, you know how very important getting your hair done can be. How great you feel after you get it done. But not me. I left the salon in a hurry and snapped at Coach as soon as I got to the baseball field to pick up Brady.

It was an ugly day and I ended up in tears on Brady's bedroom floor. Dang it. My whole day was full of road blocks. You know what I mean. The orange barrels that slow you down and make you angry on the road? Yep...those. I was being challenged...and I failed miserably. Each time I was given a chance to handle a bad situation with Grace and Mercy...I handled it with ugliness. My blood pressure rose...my heart was beating out of my chest with anger...and of course, I cried. At the end of the day, I realized that not once, had I asked God to help me. I just kept getting angrier and feeling sorry for myself.As He would have it, he intervened and I realized he'd been there all day long. Then I realized how I could have handled those moments better...and I looked back at my day of knocked over orange barrels.

Yikes.

So today, I will have patience. I will handle situations with Grace. And I will be thankful for the road blocks in my life. For I know with each barrel that I carefully handle, I'll be blessed.Have a wonderful Friday all!

If you are in need of reading about an expert in the road block department...The book of Job is perfect. I'll try to write more on Job's struggles this weekend.

I would like to apologize to the following people...
The girls at Sports clips
The carhop at Sonic
My friends and neighbors
My dear, sweet Coach
My fab sister Chele
My Children
The guy at McDonalds

and the list of barrels goes on and on...Sorry everyone! :D