I come to you with my head hanging in shame. I feel really silly about my last post.
I wrote it on Saturday night, just before I went to bed. The next morning, we got up and went to church, as per our usual Sunday routine.
The sermon series that we are going through is called "How to be Rich"... not how to get rich, but how to be rich. It really is all about realizing the fact that we are, in fact rich. If you are reading this right now... you are rich. You have Internet access and free time to spend reading this blog! I am rich, God has blessed me with more than I need. I have Internet access and free time to type this blog! I have plenty to eat, everyday. I get to water my lawn with water that comes out of a hose and is suitable to drink (never mind the water I drink- it comes right out of a little spout in the fridge door and it's cold!). I don't have to carry nasty river water in a bucket on my head to my village every morning. I have walls made of wood, sheet rock, and insulation- not paper or grass. I can get into my car and drive down the road to the hospital when my children are sick- not worry about weather or not they are going to survive the night.
And yet I spend my time with my nose out of joint because the guy who is coming to fix my satellite dish (so that I can sit on my couch and randomly flip through 250+ channels of nothing to watch) was late and didn't bother to call.
Maybe it's time for a bit of an attitude adjustment! How about being grateful for all that I have, and remembering that "I am rich, God has blessed me with more than I need".
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...and that's one to grow on!
I'm sorry. That was totally inappropriate, but what kept running through my mind as I read your post.
I think God used the last 2 years or so to help teach me that. I'm still learning to stop and check my attitude, which funnily enough, is usually when I waiting for "fast" food here.
Good post woman!
I agree, good post. While we need to be thankful for what we DO have, it is OK to be frustrated by others lack of responsibility. They DID wrong you, I would be mad too. I think the trick is balancing both appropriately and being Christ-like in the midst of it.
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