I suppose this post is more for me to get this out of me and get a fresh perspective…you can read it if you’re so inclined.
I’m back online. I’m glad to be back online. I felt a little isolated from most of the people that help me keep perspective and/or encourage me. And then the last few weeks have been rather difficult. I’ve tried to keep letting it roll off and push through to the time when life will go back to some “normal” state, but it’s adding up. I know this will all pass, life will settle back down and I can continue on without these crazy, major impact kind of situations. All of it has weighed heavy on my shoulders today though. Too many major events at once. What’s been going on? The two most recent…
After last night’s episode of irate swearing about parking, I’ve concluded that my neighbors next door are psychotic and in major need of Christ. I can’t even begin to explain the depth of anger that poured out of that guy last night…and he didn’t even say much. As the day has passed, it bothers me more and more and I can’t seem to shake it. Maybe because he wasn’t willing to talk about the problem like an adult…or even talk about it at all. So that anger is just hanging there, thick and sickening in the air.
I suppose it doesn’t help that I got to know my youngest brother a little better in the last month that he was “interning” at my job. What I learned was disappointing and disturbing. And he lied to me. Multiple times. And then yesterday claimed I never helped around the house and only did something when told to. It seems silly to let that bother me, but after helping him so much (and then have him throw it all out the window) and claim something completely opposite (and that actually fits him to a tee)…that’s like the hair that broke the camel’s back. Or maybe I just lost perspective and I’m letting it get to me too much.
What can I learn from all this? Perseverance, kindness, gentleness, self-control, honesty, trustworthiness, commitment…a life that is seeking Jesus. That’s what makes a good friend. That’s what makes a good neighbor. That’s what makes a good spouse. That’s what makes good members of a church. That’s what makes good people. And that’s what I’ll continue to strive to be.
One step away from the world, one step closer to Jesus…
