I Am NOT Just a Number

How do we handle being told we are wrong... Does a volcano erupt in our soul and our mouth spew defensive lava on all those who brave the "climb".... There really is an excuse we can give for almost anything... but like everything else... excuses get old.... Today my challenge would face me as I ended my day... a "confrontation" of sorts... i was told I was insensitive... and the excuses surfaced quickly... calming the blast of news that I had unintentionally hurt someone I cared for...Being a "fast talker" cut me some time.. but even the words I spoke were clearly defined as shallow no matter how I decorated them... i had already blown my presentation.. I jogged.... i prayed... but now my heart was as sad as the person I had hurt prior in the day... a year ago... my rebellion would have kicked in and succeeded... i would have told myself that people are to sensitive... and noone is going to make me feel bad... but God has a hold of my heart.. and his whis...

According to the Love Dare "there is a room in your heart called the 'Appreciation Room'". It is defined as the wonderful qualities that first drew you to the one you love. The walls are covered with words such as honest... intelligent... the amazing eyes...just some of these features that lured your lonely heart...the daily discovery of new traits attracting you to the one made soley for you...memories of first dates.. make the room dance... As you reminisce to these times, you may self-evaluate how far u've come.. the journey... the room... is it littered in cobwebs... and graffiti of evil words... spite... despisal... criticism... as all those wonderful features have dissapeared in the fog of discontent... Like a redecorated room, if daily cleaning is not employed... the room becomes littered with trash, dust, and heartache... Initially you spent many hours in this room, but as time takes its course... the room is left unattended... with little attention given....

Am I a calming breeze or a storm waiting to happen? Please don’t answer this because I know the answer. It's called a rhetorical question. Anyways, today's love dare is entitled "Love is not irritable". It is interesting because it delves into reasons why we may be irritable to include stress, overworking, lack of rest, and selfishness. Stress is a draining issue that many of us put on ourselves because we lack time management and multi-tasking. We fail to plan. We fail to prepare and when the alarm clock failed to go off, whoa to anyone who gets in our way of making it on time. The ugly head of irritability begins to flare wildly and scare even the most level-headed around us. Some of us are so engulfed in stress that we have to fight to control our words in a relationship. The Bible calls them "loose lips". We fail to pray and ask God to help us with our irritability so that playing a simple game of Super Mario Brothers on the Wii does not involve hostilit...