I was about to post a status complaining about the stupidity of the people in this world (as I had just driven through typical ATL traffic and gotten angry at several rude or ridiculously-slow drivers). Then I realized a few things; #1 a simple status read by only a miniscule fraction of the world's population wouldn't help anything, #2 who actually cares about my venting via social media (no-bo-dy), #3 I would be hypocritical if I didn't include myself in original said-people, beacuse I too have my not-thinking moments, and, finally, #4 I have way too much to be thankful for than to sit and have a mini selfish, pathetic moment.
Two of my focuses for this next year are to be more thankful and to slow down. Far too often I rush into immediate frustration or impatience, leaving behind a moment that God could have used for something good. Who am I to accuse someone of idiocy when I have NO idea their story or reason for being in my life at that precise moment? I am a sinner, deserving of hell but saved by grace, and loved unconditionally by a God who cares.
So, as I sit in a Publix parking lot, embarrassed by my lack of self-control and allowing sin to have a small victory, I am thankful. I am thankful to have a car (that is a true gift from Jesus), a job that allows me the freedom to finish school, God's goodness and grace in every part of my life, my health, that I live in a city that I love, and for the small moments that remind me this world is not my home.
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Let your kindness be so evident that the blind see it and the deaf hear it:
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