DAY 60

In the middle of it all we can become overwhelmed…but life looks different from the 51st floor. Different view = different perspective.

I can’t believe it has been 60 days, 2 months since I started this blog. I have grown so much and have learned so much from other bloggers. Thank you for letting me write about my journey. I have been very blessed by this whole experience. Today marks the third day this week that I have been stuck in what can only be described as heart wrenching, soul crushing TRAFFIC (this is NOT an exaggeration). I view traffic as a “fate worse than death”, again this is NOT an exaggeration. Today as I sat in traffic I began to ponder why this could be happening to me. Had I committed some horrible sin that I was unaware of and this was my compensation? Did the other drivers conspire to just mess with my psyche, or maybe it was all some sinister, government plot. Then it hit me! I prayed for patience at the beginning of the week. NOOOO!!!!! Let me explain, God has a sense of humor (this is a fact…sit in any Walmart for an hour). If you pray for peace, He sticks you in the middle of an argument between co-workers. If you pray to forgive, then people who have never made you mad will suddenly start to do things that make you consider mailing them to Timbuktu. If you pray for wisdom, then the most unwise of opportunities will pop up (no Bobby, sticking a knife in the electrical outlet is not the way to fix that). Thus, if you pray for patience…”fate worse than death” traffic.

This is not because God is some cosmic trickster just wanting to play with us. No, it is because He is our heavenly father and He wants to help us learn and grow. Therefore, He puts us in situations to affect the change we are praying for. So as I sit in “mind-altering, brain-deadening traffic” (clearly I am still learning the lesson of patience) I am reminded that this is a test and that there is a lesson to learn, even while sitting in traffic. The journey is about growth, it is about not being the same tomorrow as you are today. Tomorrow I hope that if faced with traffic again, my reaction will be different. However, for right now I may put the patience prayer on hold for a while…:)

So what am I thankful for today? That even traffic jams can have a purpose. 안녕히 주무세요.