Father, I cherish Your presence in worship. I love how all the components of our services have Your touch upon them. I remember times when I have searched for a certain song or whatnot, finally decided on one, thought it didn’t really fit, and, lo and behold, in the middle of the service, it does! You truly do make all things work together for [our] good! Romans 8:28
One thing I struggle with in life is trying to decide whether I should run away or whether I should stand and fight. This can apply to many areas of our lives, but for me, one particularly difficult area is driving. Routine driving isn’t usually the problem. It’s when traffic gets snarly, and the roads get full. For that matter, I guess it gets to me when someone pulls out in front of me, then drives 10 miles below the speed limit.
Running away, for the most part, keeps me from encountering it. But I have to get to work, so it’s difficult to avoid. I could benefit from personal and spiritual growth if I could stand and fight, but way too often my fight results not in a win but in a sound defeat! I’m not one for cursing, but “idiot” and “fool” rise to the surface way too frequently.
Lord, what is the best way to combat this problem? You would handle it much better than I, but in the heat of the moment, I am all up in arms and – I’m sorry to say – You are the last one on my mind.
How can I say I love others and act like I do while driving? In Matthew 5:21-22, You make it very clear that I will be subject to judgment if I were to murder someone, and rightly so. But You go on to say that even if I call someone an idiot or a fool, I am subject to judgment as well.
What needs to happen is that You need to be the first thing on my mind, not the last. The first thing that pops into my head to help me with that is to put a sticky note on my truck’s dashboard to remind me of You. Maybe a WWJD? Or just Your name? I need to start somewhere, and I’d best start with You. Help me, Lord! Amen!
(Apr 2nd, 2017, Sun, 12:08 pm)
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