Tuesday, October 4, 2011

In a Split Second

"You hear it all the time, but your life can change in a split second. Those words don't sink in until your life actually does change in a split second." ~ Lindsey Ingram

What does a picture of a locomotive have to do with a quote by a 2004 Nebraska soccer player? ~ Lindsey Ingram
Well this time it more about the quote than about her story surrounding it.
I could also quote the late Warren Zevon an say, "These wheels keep turning but they're running out of steam.... Maybe that's perhaps that's more apropo! At least the way I feel at the moment.
I had a BIG pop quiz today.
For my friends from other countries who aren't not familiar with this term "pop quiz," it means a quiz in school given without prior warning by the teacher. An examination consisting of a few short questions usually. Hopefully you know the answers and pass the quiz! Or... in my case... a life situation arises and how are you going to handle and react to it?"

Today, for me, not well.
I found myself getting angry and saying things to deliberately hurt someone I love very much. Oh sure, I could legitimately blame the pressures of life that I've been under lately. I could say I haven't been getting enough rest and I'm dog tired all the time. Could say, "I've had no time to think or really pray."
But I won't. There is no excuse in this life for saying mean, cruel things, losing your cool, and devastating an other human being.
NO EXCUSE!
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
I don't spend enough time with GOD. ( sorry my atheist and agnostic friends. This blog ain't about you)
Yep, it's that simple.. I MUST find more time, somehow someway and I WILL.
It's not my nature to be mean. I don't like mean people and all of a sudden
I became one.

LORD HAVE MERCY ON ME! Luke 18:9-14

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