Ok, Ok....so I stole my title from a close friend who used to say that all the time. But, that's not the point...
So, I prayed for God to help me with my mouth. I can, at times, be quite sarcastic. I know, I know...That's really hard to believe but, it's true. I can be sarcastic and I can, at times, be a bit of a complainer. My prayer looked a little like this: Lord, these people can work my nerves and you know that I'm trying. PLEASE guard my mouth so I don't get smart or become sarcastic. Help me to be content with where I am and with who I am right now. Amen.
Yup. I thought I was set. I said my prayer and God's got me. And then, I get to work and what happens? A plethora of situations that carefully unfold and opportunities that present themselves for me to not only become sarcastic but, to get smart, rude...you name it. Before I realize what is happening, I'm in the aftermath of "running off at the mouth" and then I feel it...conviction. Hmmm...was that there before I snapped? Was I too busy getting upset to feel it?
It's funny (really, it's not), how you can pray for something and instead of God raining down buckets of faith/patience/self-control or any of the other six Fruit of the Spirit, He, instead, allows you to be put into situations to EXERCISE the Fruit He's already given you. And, like a muscle being ripped during a workout, we are strengthened through pain/trial.
So, maybe I can remember that next time because I surely missed the mark today...
Prayer for tomorrow: Lord, help me to remember today what I didn't remember yesterday. Amen.