I'm Not Mad Anymore

Good Morning family. Welcome to this glorious Friday and I do mean glorious. Revelation and conviction this morning but nevertheless excited to start this work day and get to the weekend. Praying for our friends/co-workers in the Philippines. These storms ain't no joke. (remember when ain't wasn't a real word?). As I rode in this morning the narrator from my audio book said something that made me laugh. She told the story of how she and her husband were having a disagreement and she knew he was going to win the argument. In her mind she was plotting how long she would stay mad and planning how she would react to not winning. I laughed out loud because that's exactly how I behave. First let me say, I should be ashamed of myself for planning to be mad and next I'm ashamed because I control my emotions. There are so many times in life that we prepare to be angry, we go into meetings with our minds instead of our hearts. We rehearse how we're going to respond and we decide that our feelings will be made known, we will be heard, we will not put up with foolishness? I can honestly tell you that I've folded my arms, I've set in silence, I've put on a somber/un-approving face and sat in rebellion based on the fact that I didn't like something or didn't get my way. Surely that's not the way God wants me/us to behave. There have been times that I've stayed mad at Dee so long that I forgot what I was mad about. I can honestly say that during those "mad" times I missed not being able to share my day with him, share my gossip and good news. As we prepare for the weekend, I pray that each of us learn and practice responding in love, understanding that no-one benefits when "anger" is the center of attention. Loving life and all of you. TeamI'mNotMadAnymore. Bblessedloveyou.