Remember Your Blessings
"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires." -- James 1:19-20
I had an opportunity to count my blessings today. I have quite a few. Health, home, family, friends. I could go on and on. And, to be honest, I do try to count my blessings every day. I don't want to ever take for granted all that God has done, and continues to do, for me.
But today I got really angry and frustrated at a cell phone company. Ever been there? Someone, somewhere made a mistake and I am left to deal with the consequences. I got a new cell phone in December. Apparently the phone number that I have had for years didn't get transferred properly. So now that number is somehow lost in cell phone land and I've got a new number.
Sorry, they tell me. It doesn't help. I want my old number back. You know the one I'm talking about. The number all my family, friends and business associates have programmed in their phones. The number I can still call and hear my voice on the voice mail recording. It just no longer rings my phone. No amount of pleading changed the situation. Anger didn't work either. Yeah, I know.
When I got off the phone, I started replaying the hour-plus conversation. Then I moved on to all the excuses I've heard over the past weeks. Finally, I realized what I was doing. I immediately prayed for peace and the ability to accept a situation I couldn't change. Then I started counting my blessings. Before too long the anger had left. I was spent and exhausted and even a little sad. But, really, this is small potatoes compared to what some folks faced today.
Thank you, God, for blessing me again and again and for loving me even when I blow it.
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