So, I had a fun experience this week that I am 'dying' to share. Let's just say I was 'bitten' by the bug of humility this week. Ok, ok, I'm not that good at dropping hints so the story goes a little something like this...
I've been a bit stressed and moody lately just with the daily rigors of life and getting ready for big changes. Unfortunately when I get like that, I tend to lash out on the people closest to me :( This time it was my roommate. I didn't do anything extreme, I'd just been a bit more difficult lately. Well, on Sunday, after church I was writing in my journal and had decided that I needed to be more humble. I'd had a lot of pride and just needed to try to have more humility and understanding of other people-nicer, per se? And so that was my goal on Sunday. Now, I am aware that oftentimes one should not make a goal to be more humble because if one is not humble to begin with, it could be a long hard fall to the bottom of one's own well of humility. :-) So I started the week off trying my best to be as humble as possible, but...well...I'm human. Tuesday rolls around and I wake up and start to get going, but when I step out of my bedroom I notice something in my doorway. It was a wrapped box with a note attached. It was from my roommate, Maryvonne. The note said something to the extent of 'thank you for giving me rides everywhere and going grocery shopping together and thanks for being such a great roommate.... Um, maybe she put this in the wrong doorway, I'd been horrible to her lately and here she was thanking me!?! Talk about humbling! Ugh! I picked up the box and began to open it. I tore off the first layer and almost started to cry! She had gotten me TWILIGHT ON DVD!!!:) Not only is this the ultimate girl-who-loves-Twilight-moment, but we had gone to see it together.....twice. What a great, thoughtful, nice thing to do! We are both moving soon, so it is a wonderful departing thing for us to watch it together again. I haven't exactly finished the movie yet, but we watched all the special features and I've fallen asleep to it every night...sickening, I know. But I'm thankful for Maryvonne and for all of the people in my life who teach me lessons like this-that even when I'm moody they can see past that and know that I'm still loveable <3> So thanks guys, that humble pie is tasting pretty good.
I've been a bit stressed and moody lately just with the daily rigors of life and getting ready for big changes. Unfortunately when I get like that, I tend to lash out on the people closest to me :( This time it was my roommate. I didn't do anything extreme, I'd just been a bit more difficult lately. Well, on Sunday, after church I was writing in my journal and had decided that I needed to be more humble. I'd had a lot of pride and just needed to try to have more humility and understanding of other people-nicer, per se? And so that was my goal on Sunday. Now, I am aware that oftentimes one should not make a goal to be more humble because if one is not humble to begin with, it could be a long hard fall to the bottom of one's own well of humility. :-) So I started the week off trying my best to be as humble as possible, but...well...I'm human. Tuesday rolls around and I wake up and start to get going, but when I step out of my bedroom I notice something in my doorway. It was a wrapped box with a note attached. It was from my roommate, Maryvonne. The note said something to the extent of 'thank you for giving me rides everywhere and going grocery shopping together and thanks for being such a great roommate.... Um, maybe she put this in the wrong doorway, I'd been horrible to her lately and here she was thanking me!?! Talk about humbling! Ugh! I picked up the box and began to open it. I tore off the first layer and almost started to cry! She had gotten me TWILIGHT ON DVD!!!:) Not only is this the ultimate girl-who-loves-Twilight-moment, but we had gone to see it together.....twice. What a great, thoughtful, nice thing to do! We are both moving soon, so it is a wonderful departing thing for us to watch it together again. I haven't exactly finished the movie yet, but we watched all the special features and I've fallen asleep to it every night...sickening, I know. But I'm thankful for Maryvonne and for all of the people in my life who teach me lessons like this-that even when I'm moody they can see past that and know that I'm still loveable <3> So thanks guys, that humble pie is tasting pretty good.
Awww, yay for being humbled!! I suppose it does go to show that when you ask God for something, don't be too surprised when He gives it to you!
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