My to-do- list

Sometimes I wake up and feel like I have it all together. I go through my to-do list, check off the boxes, do my Bible study, pray, read scripture, and listen to Christian music. But then,like today,someone cut me off in front of my kids’ school, and I lost it. Just like that, I was enraged.

How can this be? I’ve been trying so hard to work on my spiritual disciplines. I’ve been practicing patience and self-control, but it seems like when we least expect it, something triggers us. For me, I know hormones play a role too, they bring all kinds of side effects, including quick reactions at times.

So today, after being extremely rude (yes, even me, who thought I had it figured out), I had to come to the throne of God. I had to repent for my actions, for the anger I felt, and ask His forgiveness. Because the truth is, God is good. He is a God of justice, slow to anger, full of understanding. He knows we are made in His image, but He also knows the fall left us with sin in our nature.

I needed to remind myself, and maybe you too, that even when we fall, even when we mess up, we are still deeply loved by a patient God. He understands our struggles and our sinful nature. Just because we slip one day doesn’t mean we throw in the towel. Tomorrow is another chance. Life is a process of sanctification, and God is shaping us into His likeness, little by little, every single day.