I got sloppy
or maybe
cocky is the better word.
I was forgetting
GOD.
HE
told me to
"not let any unwholesome talk come out of my mouth" (Ephesians 4:29)
& I did.
HE
told me to
"cast all my cares" (I Peter 5:7)
& instead I held on tightly.
HE
told me to be
"quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" (James 1:19)
& the next thing I knew my cell phone "dropped" & it shattered.
Hmm.
GOD
tells me a lot~
always reminding me which way to go,
& I will deliberately go the other way.
I got sloppy
&
with sloppiness
came
anger, anxiety & strife.
I got sloppy
&
sloppy won.
I was dragging
JESUS
around instead of walking with
HIM.
I was complaining to
GOD
instead of talking to
HIM.
I was putting expectations on others
when
GOD
is my hope.
I got sloppy~
but
GOD IS
"gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love" (Psalm 145:8)~
therefore
HE
wants to be the One who
I give all my
attention
so
HE
can take all my junk
that makes me get sloppy
&
clothe me with
"compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience" (Colossians 3:12).
I got sloppy,
but not too sloppy
for
GOD~
"though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with HIS hand" (Psalm 37:24).
Are you getting sloppy?