How LOW can you go?

Does that ring a bell with you? How LOW can you go? It has been running in my brain, like a circle, unending for the past 12 hours. I've confessed to God, and now I'm confessing to you.


James 5:16 NIV "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."




God doesn't want PERFECT, He is looking for PASSIONATE! I am not perfect, I will never claim to be, and no matter how hard I try I can not keep everything under control or swept so to speak under the rug. Lord, I pray that YOU find me passionate!







By now you are thinking, what did she do? I LOST IT! Fire engine red mad was I upon my arrival home last night.






We have had two young men in our home the past two days laying down wood laminate in our kitchen. They were hours late both mornings, arriving just close to noon. They asked Bill to be here both days to unhook and then re-hook the gas from the stove and the water line to our refrigerator. So the first morning he was here over an hour WAITING on them. Then yesterday he came twice to re-connect our appliances and neither time were they ready. My Man has had back surgery and so there was no way we could move those two appliances on our own, we needed TEAM WORK.



As a business owner myself, I know how word of mouth travels and if one desires to have a good reputation, then you do what you say you are going to do. Being a Christian is absolutely no different. When we are, the big letter H is applied to our chests! (HYPOCRITE)



I honestly don't want the H applied to me, and I'm positive neither do you. So I'm coming clean. And that fire engine red mad bit me in the BUTT! What caused the flame to get hotter was I met them on our 1/4 of a mile road coming home as they were leaving and I waved them down. They did not STOP! I was furious because I simply wanted to have them wait for Bill to get here to have the TEAM WORK to move the appliances back. I flagged them down out on the highway and told them, DEMANDED that they come back. Oh yeah, I was angry, can you tell?



I came on up to the house, came inside and just wanted to bawl. This is what I found:








They had moved back the appliances and hooked them up themselves. There will be a time that I can laugh about this, but for the moment I can't tell you how many times similar situations have happened to me.



I marched myself right out side and up to these two men and humbly apologized. I have asked God to forgive me and I know that He has, and now it takes just some time for me to forgive myself. LOW...low is where I went....lower than a snake, clear to the ground.



My scripture this morning just confirmed for me to share this with you:



1 Corinthians 10:12-13 "So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."


This was my prayer yesterday morning and this is my prayer today:

Dear God, please help me today to be the woman You created me to be. I trust You to replace my brokenness with beauty and power in every area of my life. Amen. And today I add, Father thank You for being a FORGIVING God, wrapping me in Your Love.


Sisters, be careful and don't think that you can't fall or get low. God is FAITHFUL and He will provide a way out. I'm wondering, what temptation has seized you lately that is common to man?