Made a fool of yourself lately?

This was the title to my devotion today - cracks me up!!! It so defines me sometimes because I take after my father - hot tempered.....(yes, Dad - you are short tempered!!! LOL).......God has granted me such Grace and I work daily to try and not explode when I'm pushed to my limits.......when I read this - I started laughing and wanted to share........

It's from Becoming - my devotional bible for women....(my input is in parenthesis)

Proverbs 12:16 is the scripture reference..... (New Century Version) "Fools quickly show that they are upset, but the wise ignore insults."

"upset" is a word that describes my mood when I have to wait in the checkout line too long (ok - who hasn't gotten upset like this and sighed real LOUD - I'm so guilty!)or my hairdresser puts the wrong color on my roots (has totally happened to me!!!). Being upset, in and of itself, is not a sin. It is, however, a sin when that emotion gets you into action and you resemble a crazy woman, or as the Lord puts it - a fool (ouch!). I find the fool in me comes out when the circumstances of my day have topped me off (yep - this is so me). I mean, even out gas tanks warn us, "Do not top off your tank - could cause an explosion". Maybe I need a label!!! Maybe those around me would think twice about making me their dumping ground if I wore one that said "Warning! Dump at your own risk. Very close to being topped off!!!!

Proverbs says if we are to be wise, we are to ignore insults. What insults you to the point of outbursts? Is it your friends? Is it your children being disobedient? Is your husband working your last nerve (ok - I'm not answering this - but it has been know to happen...smile). If you answered yes to just one of the above, you are in danger of exploding and making a fool of yourself. I am going to suggest that you simply need to take a break. It does not need to be a beach vacation. It just needs to be a break from the usual. Get alone with the Lord and get your perspective back so you can center your heart and mind. I mean it. Go do it!"

(ok - this is me now). I have to admit - I'd never really looked at it from this perspective - I mean - I've never thought of myself as a fool - but that is plainly written in the word isn't it!!! I have so told both my hubby and my child that "they are working my last nerve".......of course, we laugh at it - but I'm serious!!! LOL. I'm going to have to do much better at watching myself so that I don't top off!!!!

Weekend is going to be a busy one for me. Jake's party is tonight and then tomorrow afternoon - a group of special parents (parents with special kids) from our church are getting together to have a picnic with the kids. It helps so much to have other parents to hang with that are going through similar issues with their kids. We can bounce ideas off each other - share each other's pains and help lift each other up....all while the kids are running around having a great time!

Sunday will be church and dinner with the in-laws and then Monday will start a new week - beginning with our anniversary!!! We laugh because every year since Jake has been born - something drastic has happened on our anniversary and we have yet to be able to celebrate. Our first year, I was in ICU trying to survive after giving birth, the second year - Jake was back in the hospital for something - third year Jake was in ICU in Dallas with emergency surgery - 4th year - it was something - 5th year it was Pop - he had a seizure and they thought he was having a stroke and he was life flighted to Hermann and last year - I can't remember - but something happened...........cracks us right up!!! We are determined to go out this year - may not be the weekend of our anniversary - but it will be in the month of JUNE!!!

Love to all - be blessed!

Karen