That was my text message to a friend a few minutes ago. Yesterday I was extremely angry with some people God has placed in my life and I prayed the whole day, asking God why I have to be nice to them, when they’re so terrible to me. I tried going to my tumblr.com website, where I go to hear from Him, and I also tried reading all my go to meditation books, including my fav calendar, but nothing worked to get me feeling back to my kind, loving and forgiving self again. I was super upset!
The kids came home from school and Joshie, my five year old, came and sat next to me on a loveseat in our living room and laid is head on my shoulder, just happy to have mommy home with him. Next my seven year old, Emmie, joined us, too wanting to be close to mommy, putting his legs on my lap. And in that moment I got the answer why I’m to be kind:
Every blessing is from God and everything is ultimately between me and Him.
Having my two sons snuggled next to me was the reality check I needed.
Then I final remembered to read through my old posts and God used my own words to reinforce the lesson:
“STAY ON THE HIGH ROAD WITH ME (GOD)” was my awesome reminder. Guys, we don’t go wrong with God when we stay on the high road with Him, doing the excellent and right thing you feel God would have you to do from moment to moment. I’ve figured out that this is how He leads us on the path to the best life. It’s not between us and anyone else, it’s all between us and God and He’ll pay you back more than what anyone has taken from you, as long as you stay on the high road with Him, forgiving immediately, loving extravagantly and trusting Him to direct you one step at a time.
“He who grows in grace remembers that he is but dust, and he therefore does not expect his fellow Christians to be anything more. He overlooks ten thousand of their faults, because he knows his God overlooks twenty thousand in his own case. He does not expect perfection in the creature, and, therefore, he is not disappointed when he does not find it.”
I love this quote because I’m learning that nobody’s perfect and therefore we can expect disappointments sometimes. And when we are disappointed, we don’t have to be so bent out of shape. Brilliant!!! But the good news is that God never disappoints when we stay on the high road with Him.”
WE ROLL WITH GOD