Did you ever realize how the people you love the most can affect your mood? It’s like a weather forecast – you get into an argument with the one you love and all of a sudden, a voice goes off in your head kind of like that of a weatherman.
“Today’s weather will be cold and stormy… buckle up your seatbelts – you’re in for quite the ride.”
Or if you are happy with your loved ones:
“Today’s weather will be balmy and spring-like. People around town are ‘skipping to their lou.” (What does skip to my lou mean anyway?)
I’ve always been a very emotional person. And I am guilty of doing this often, being easily offended or disappointed. When I do – I often feel discombobulated like a cassette tape that has gotten stuck in its player. You know what I mean? The times when you’ve played a tape and all of a sudden you hear a crunching sound… And yep – you go to examine the tape and out it comes… You try to take a pencil and carefully (while biting on your lip in concentration) hope you can get it to work again – because your favorite songs are on there… Maybe that is why God tells us to keep our eyes focused on Him? When I take my eyes off of Him, I feel like a person driving without a GPS. I easily lose my way. We make things so difficult – when they should be easy. I often wonder what God thinks of us as He looks down at us from Heaven… (Or perhaps He walks around observing us here… You never know…) He is such a loving, patient God – but I wonder if He sometimes just wants to throw up His hands at us and say:
“Oh, for Heaven’s sake!”
We are taught as children – that if we get lost or separated from our parents – we are to find a spot and stay there. I think I’ll have a seat…Even at the semi-young age of 57 (don’t laugh!), I realize there are times when I need to have a seat before the Father and try to be still and listen. We are never too old to listen and learn. In fact, I think that as long as we have breath in our bodies, we will always be changing, learning and hopefully maturing in Him. Although if you’re like me – it takes a “little” while longer than the usual person! (Smiling). What can I say? I’m a dork! 😉 The important thing is being transparent and open and willing to learn. I think as a prodigal, I can say that I learn my lessons a bit harder than the usual person. I have always been one to ask:
“But WHY Lord?”
Thank God for his patience with me. There is NO perfect person, and I think we would do well to remember that. So that when someone hurts us, or annoys us – or disappoints us. We can count to ten, take a deep breath and remember – that we ourselves are far from perfect AND we disappoint people too. (Yep even though its hard to believe… I DO too! Grinning). If we tried to take the plank out of our own eyes before removing it from someone else’s, I think we’d “see” our situations a whole lot better… Don’t you?
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