There were a couple times this week where I wanted to chew out a cashier, but remembered I might see them at my church! Then I remembered the words of james 1:19, “be quick to listen, slow you speak, and slow to become angry…”
Earlier today I was draconian and harsh with my 7-yr old son who was purposely trying to provoke his little sister to anger.
I asked him, “how did your heart get like this son? Did you do anything today that was sinful that would cause this behavior?”
He replied, “okay. I have to be honest. When we were at the store, when we were looking at the movies, I looked at a scary movie cover.”
I was ecstatic. My boy gets it. He blew me away. He grasps spiritual warfare and how to connect a behavior to a root cause to a confession.
Now it was my turn. With minimal thought God brought my bitterness toward those cashiers to light.
I told my son, “hey bud, remember when I was being mean today? I realized that I had bitterness towards those ladies at home depot and against that ding repair guy who messed up my surfboard. So I’m going to forgive them right now. ‘Lord, I choose to forgive them man who messed up my surfboard and the ladies who were arguing with me at home depot. Would you bless them and please work on my heart so that I don’t put my joy in silly things that I don’t get to take to heaven anyways? Thanks Lord. Amen.’”
We hugged each other, shared the good news with mommy, and enjoyed the evening. Victory.
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