Apparently, if you are going to post a request for verses to help people redirect their reactions, it may be a good idea to eat a big ol' piece of humble pie for breakfast.
Yes ma'am.
Just as I was thinking about shining my halo on all the good words I've been speaking to hubs the past couple of days, one of my kids plopped her book bag on top of her sister's presentation poster causing it to become wrinkled and bent. Tears ensued. Lots of tears. Like big crocodile, puddle producing tears.
Suddenly, all things nice just flew right out of me and I remembered a time a bully bent and wrinkled a poster I'd worked on for hours. And I quite simply got stinkin' mad.
After letting said poster bender know just how mad I was and dropping all children off at school, I knew I needed coffee. I ventured to my favorite little coffee shop with my favorite little laptop and remembered my post- and remembered the verses- and remembered Joy's encouragement- and knew I needed to re-read my own advice.
Oh sweet sisters, you encouraged me with your comments and verses more than you can imagine!
Especially "The Kahler Family" when she said, "It reminds me that before I take on anything or make any decisions, even in speaking, that I need to spend time with the Lord first. Even if it's just a "Lord help me to not put a for sale sign around my children's necks and stand them on the corner." ;)
How did you know that I was thinking about that sign around their necks?
I know how. We're all in this together, that's how.
Just when I was about to deem it a "bad day" with my "bad attitude" and hope to drown it all away with a really yummy latte, I realized something in the midst of reading all your verses.
At any point of any day, I can ask Jesus for forgiveness, draw a line in the sand and find the good that is surely there.
And that's when it happened.
Out of the blue, a lady walked up to me. A very hip and happenin' lady I must add.
"Excuse me- but where did you get those shoes? They are seriously the cutest shoes I have ever seen."
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know why this comment made me want to jump up, throw my arms around this woman and squeeze the living daylights out of her as I proclaimed, "Bless you."
I was wearing these shoes.
Y'all, I used to never get comments about my shoes. NEVAH, EVAH! But then I found those stylin' things that aren't your grandma's Aerosoles and well, they 'complete me.'
So, though her comment on the surface was about shoes- in my soul it felt like a little kiss blown straight down from heaven.
Jesus just blesses my soul---
and my soles alike.
I don't know how your "watching your words" quest is going. If it is going quite well, throw your hands in the air and praise the Lord.
We'll wait for you, go ahead.
But if you are like me and your spirit is willing but your flesh is weak, take heart. Today is a new day. This minute is a new minute. The choice before you is a chance for redemption.
And for heaven's sake, find a sister today that has on some cute shoes and tell her.
Love and Hugs to you all.
Yes ma'am.
Just as I was thinking about shining my halo on all the good words I've been speaking to hubs the past couple of days, one of my kids plopped her book bag on top of her sister's presentation poster causing it to become wrinkled and bent. Tears ensued. Lots of tears. Like big crocodile, puddle producing tears.
Suddenly, all things nice just flew right out of me and I remembered a time a bully bent and wrinkled a poster I'd worked on for hours. And I quite simply got stinkin' mad.
After letting said poster bender know just how mad I was and dropping all children off at school, I knew I needed coffee. I ventured to my favorite little coffee shop with my favorite little laptop and remembered my post- and remembered the verses- and remembered Joy's encouragement- and knew I needed to re-read my own advice.
Oh sweet sisters, you encouraged me with your comments and verses more than you can imagine!
Especially "The Kahler Family" when she said, "It reminds me that before I take on anything or make any decisions, even in speaking, that I need to spend time with the Lord first. Even if it's just a "Lord help me to not put a for sale sign around my children's necks and stand them on the corner." ;)
How did you know that I was thinking about that sign around their necks?
I know how. We're all in this together, that's how.
Just when I was about to deem it a "bad day" with my "bad attitude" and hope to drown it all away with a really yummy latte, I realized something in the midst of reading all your verses.
At any point of any day, I can ask Jesus for forgiveness, draw a line in the sand and find the good that is surely there.
And that's when it happened.
Out of the blue, a lady walked up to me. A very hip and happenin' lady I must add.
"Excuse me- but where did you get those shoes? They are seriously the cutest shoes I have ever seen."
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know why this comment made me want to jump up, throw my arms around this woman and squeeze the living daylights out of her as I proclaimed, "Bless you."
I was wearing these shoes.
Y'all, I used to never get comments about my shoes. NEVAH, EVAH! But then I found those stylin' things that aren't your grandma's Aerosoles and well, they 'complete me.'
So, though her comment on the surface was about shoes- in my soul it felt like a little kiss blown straight down from heaven.
Jesus just blesses my soul---
and my soles alike.
I don't know how your "watching your words" quest is going. If it is going quite well, throw your hands in the air and praise the Lord.
We'll wait for you, go ahead.
But if you are like me and your spirit is willing but your flesh is weak, take heart. Today is a new day. This minute is a new minute. The choice before you is a chance for redemption.
And for heaven's sake, find a sister today that has on some cute shoes and tell her.
Love and Hugs to you all.
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