Even though things have slowed way down for me (a good thing) and I find myself
happier and way less stressed, there are times. This morning I found myself heading
out on a great journey to the fitness center and as I was driving along in morning traffic someone in front of me decided to turn without using a
turn signal.
Now I had plenty of space to slow down so there was no real issue, but I could feel
the rage coming on because this person interfered with my smooth and expert
driving skills. My “Peaceful Easy Feeling” (our Pastor uses numerous musical
references so it must be contagious) was gone and it had been replaced by “Highway
to Hell”.
As my temper was about to exceed the boiling point, something grabbed my
attention. It was the clear blue Florida sky and the beautiful sun climbing mid
morning. Something whispered to me do you really want to be that angry?
Something else came to mind – What if Jesus got that angry with me every time I
made a mistake. Do I really want to be overcome by anger? Or do I want to be
overcome with joy and happiness realizing all Christ has done; all Christ has secured
for me.
As joy began to clear my “Angry Eyes” I was able to begin to pray. I think I will use a part of that prayer for a while as part of my morning prayer or a devotional or simply a reminder
of how to approach my day...
Abba Father,
Help me this day to be of good spirit knowing the Holy Spirit is with me;
Help me to overflow with joy amazed by all Christ has done for me;
And help me to love because you first loved me...
Amen and Amen.
Grace and Peace!
So I will confess, I am not huge into social media – in fact I feel it is like the old
commercial – social media is the next best thing to being there. I am sure there are
many positive things about social media and I must admit that I do have a Twitter
account.
I find this to be a good way to journal, share thoughts and ideas all within 140
characters – short is good. Anyway, there are statistics and it is so tempting to get
drawn into a mode of saying something – I mean tweeting something and then sitting back and watching to see just
how popular that becomes. So for me it could be very easy to begin thinking a lot of my abilities and my popularity; to become proud of my tweet-worthiness...
There is this term; going viral. Urban Dictionary (which I do not necessarily
recommend without caution) defines going viral as when “an idea, concept, product,
video or other cultural meme exponentially increases in popularity.”
I suppose in the sphere of social media this is the mark of success. At the risk of
causing much laughter, my best tweets typically get between 40 and 50 views; so
yes I do keep track. Recently, however I crafted a tweet and my truly artistic efforts
went viral; over 500 views. I must also admit that I started feeling pretty good
about my abilities as a master tweeter. As I started to think I had truly arrived in the
realm of social media, something started tugging at me.
Here is my tweet:
@Scobb8Cobb
Ps 100:5
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to
all generations.
#goodnewsday
So you see, all I did was send out a Verse from the Bible. And then it hit me, it wasn’t me,
it is not my wisdom, it was not my twitter expertise. It was the Word of God...and I
knew at that very moment God was teaching me a lesson in humility. It wasn’t a
harsh lesson; it was filled with grace, which impacted me even more; just a gentle
and loving reminder.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own
doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Grace and Peace!
