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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Anger (01/24/05)
It never ceases to amaze me how we can attend a Worship service on Sunday and during the ride home after Church or while commuting to work on Monday, toss our Christianity out the window. Just this morning, during the Maumelle 500 commute I was cut off, forced to lock up my ABS system, passed by a flash of red I am fairly certain was an SUV, and stuck behind the absolute slowest truck on the face of the planet. I mean, I have seen boulders move faster. Are you getting this? As I tap out these words on my computer, I get hotter and hotter reliving the experience. Did I say anything to the driver who cut me off or the truck driver who caused me to lose those precious few minutes during the commute? I hazard a guess that we all mutter something under our breath or outright scream something blue while laying on the horn and presenting a single finger salute!

The temperature in my car rose at least five degrees, I was so hot. Not to mention the blue haze that permeated the air in the car. As my friend Dur used to say, “Lord please, don’t give me a gun.” Seriously, what is it about being surrounded by a ton and a half of steel, plastic, and glass that sanctions the impression we are invisible or bulletproof? Why is it that we can become enraged by the actions of a complete stranger on the highway and still smile benevolently at the greeters on our way into Church?

After my harrowing and death-defying commute, I settled into my ergonomic chair and opened my email client and these words in the first message stopped my dead in my tracks… "As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Colossians 3:12-17
Thank you, Lord for piercing my heart with the reminder of who I am in You. I resolve to be a more compassionate and forgiving driver. The next time I’m cut off in traffic, forced to lock ‘em up, or get behind a mossy rock on wheels I’ll wish them Godspeed and wave with my whole hand.

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Karen O'Leary
02/01/05
Thank you for sharing this. Good descriptions. Some of the sentences got a little long and I got a little lost in them. Shortening them up would give them more punch. Good luck with this piece.
Norma OGrady
02/02/05
very well written
thank you for sharing
Yeshua Bless
Debbie OConnor
02/05/05
Some very good description and humor in this article. The scripture quote was a little long, I thought. I try to just hit the part of scripture that drives my point home, otherwise people tune out a little. Very well done.