Today's Scripture: Proverbs 2:11
Thought for the day: "It's good to know the difference between an inconvenience and a real problem."
Yes, yes it is. It's funny how the inconveniences in our lives can seem like they are big problems. When they really aren't. They feel like problems. They feel overwhelming. But if you look at the big picture...they aren't.
When my son forgets to take his homework to school and we have to take it to him, when I am working on a project at work and forget to hit save and the power goes out, when there's been freezing rain all night long and the next morning I can't get my doors open...these are all just inconveniences. Even though at the time, they seemed like huge problems. Problems are the thousands of homeless people living in America, the innocent children that have to struggle to survive cancer, the man who loses his wife while she gives birth to their 5th child. These are problems.
Putting things into their proper perspective is something we need to learn to do. It's something I need to learn to do. There have been many times I have let all the inconveniences in life consume me and turn me into someone cranky and hateful. That is not the kind of person that I want to be. I want to be able to bring some Godly perspective into to my life and realize that I can handle all of these inconveniences and turn them into a learning experience.
Again...it boils down to choice. Choosing to remember that there are so many people out there that have it so much worse than I do. So many people struggling with things that are so much more critical than whether or not I have to run an extra errand.
I can accept these inconveniences with grace and understanding or I can let them frustrate me and turn me into someone I don't want to be.
I'm choosing to pray for grace and understanding. How about you?
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