Control Yourself

Posted on 31 March 2008

I ran across this particular “Find of the Day” at FOUND Magazine and it hit me like a ton of bricks. The meaning behind it. It says the note was found in a school chapel. I can just imagine the sermon that would have gone along with it. Wish I could have heard it.

It runs in my family to have a temper. Nothing really serious, but there are a number of my relatives who put absolutely ZERO thought into any words that come out of their mouths. I’m not saying this to be critical or to out them as inconsiderate, tactless jerks because that’s not what they are. However, I’m not saying that you can’t change certain aspects of yourself, fight your flesh, and choose not to respond to crisis (or the least little thing that goes against what you want to do) in a negative way. And I won’t say that I don’t have some family members that need to do that. I’ll admit to you that it is a struggle for me to contain my emotions and not let them take over completely. With the health issues I have dealt with lately I have felt an influx of hormones take over my body and turn me into something that’s not me. Something more like this:

(Couldn’t decide who was more evil. I channel both of them a few days out of the month.)

But this subject is so very serious. Are you going to let the world around you, the way people treat you, even something so small as rain when you want sunshine determine your behavior for the day, the month, or the rest of your life? You answer to a higher power than that of this world. So, who are you going to let control you? This has made me think a lot, and I know I’ve decided Who. But I realize that I have to make that decision over and over again, every second.

“If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” – Joshua 24:15