IT'S EASY TO SAY

IT IS SO EASY TO TELL OTHERS HOW TO NOT GET ANGRY, AGGRAVATED AND FRUSTRATED.  IT IS QUITE SIMPLE TO SEE AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION TO OTHER PEOPLES PROBLEMS.  WHEN OTHERS ARE HAVING A BAD DAY, ITS OFTEN OBVIOUS TO US WHAT THAT PERSON SHOULD DO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT BETTER.  

EARLIER TODAY, MY MOM WAS A LITTLED DISAPPOINTED WHEN SOMETHING SHE HAD HOPED FOR DIDNT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.  I QUICKLY TOLD HER TO HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE THAT THE LORD HAD SOMETHING EVEN BETTER IN STORE FOR HER.  THE ANSWER TO HER DISAPPOINTMENT WAS SO EASY TO POINT OUT.  BEFORE THAT, SOMEONE ELSE HAD NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT SOMETHING AND IT WAS EASY TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE LORD CHASTIZES THOSE THAT HE LOVES. 

BUT........

A COUPLE HOURS AGO, SOMETHING TOOK PLACE THAT INSTANTLY MADE ME VERY UPSET AND ANGRY.  I GOT SO MAD THAT I WOULDNT EVEN TALK TO THE PEOPLE AROUND ME.  PEOPLE OFTEN SAY THAT THEY GOT SO MAD THEY COULDNT EVEN SEE STRAIGHT.   WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE DESCRIBED ME TWO HOURS AGO.  I EVEN RAISED MY VOICE TO TWO PEOPLE WHO WAS WITH ME.  TWO PEOPLE THAT I LOVE VERY MUCH.  THE WHOLE TIME I WAS ANGRY, THAT LITTLE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD WAS REMINDING ME THAT I WASNT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS.  I RELAIZED THAT I WAS FEELING AND ACTING IN THE WAYS OF MY SINFUL NATURE. 

INSTEAD OF MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF AND HURTING ANYONES FEELINGS, I CAME HOME AND HAD SOME MUCH NEEDED QUIET TIME.  SOME ALONE TIME WITH GOD.  ONCE I SAT DOWN IN SILENCE, I STARTED TO THINK AND TALK TO JESUS.  I TALKED TO HIM JUST AS I WOULD TO ANYONE ELSE SITTING HERE ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ME.  I KNEW ALL ALONG WHAT I NEEDED TO DO AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I ACTED UPON MY SPIRITUAL CONVICTIONS.   IT DIDNT TAKE LONG AND THOSE FEELINGS OF ANGER STARTED TO JUST FADE AWAY.  I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I MADE THE DECISION TO FOLLOW MY OWN ADVISE TO OTHERS AND "GIVE IT TO GOD".    I OFTEN JOKE WITH  OTHERS ABOUT "OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH", WELL  IT SURELY APPLIED TO ME TODAY.  SCRIPTURES REGARDING "A VISIOUS TONGUE" FOR SOME REASON KEPT POPPING IN MY HEAD.   THE MORE I SIT HERE AND MEDITATE ON THE WAYS OF THE LORD, I SEE MORE AND MORE OF HOW I ACTED TODAY. 

ITS NOW 3:11 AND I FEEL AS THOUGH A HUGE WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED OFF OF MY SHOULDERS.  I NEEDED THIS ALONE TIME WITH THE LORD.  I AM SO GLAD THAT I APPLIED HIS PRINCIPLES TO MY OWN CIRCUMSTANCES TODAY.  I AM SO THANKFUL THAT WE SERVE A GOD WHO HAS TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR PROBLEMS.  HE REDIRECTED MY PATH TODAY AFTER I SAT DOWN AND ALLOWED HIM TO GIVE ME HIS GUIDANCE.  I ONCE AGAIN FEEL FIT TO BE AROUND OTHERS.  GLORY TO GOD!  THANKS BE TO THE LORD! 

IT STILL AMAZES ME THAT GOD WILL ACTUALLY EVEN LISTEN TO ME.  IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT WHAT I THINK AND FEEL ARE IMPORTANT TO HIM.  I LOVE TO HEAR THAT QUIET LITTLE VOICE IN MY HEAD THAT CORRECTS AND ENCOURAGES ME WHEN I AM AT MY WORST.  I HATE TO THINK OF WHERE I MIGHT BE TODAY IF NOT FOR THE FORGIVENESS, THE GRACE, THE MERCY AND THE LOVE OF OUR GOD. 

.........OUR GOD.........

NOT MINE.  NOT YOURS.  NOT HIS OR HERS. 

...OURS...