Thankful Thursday #48

This week has been rough. Deadlines and projects. Meetings and decisions. All of this is very tiring when lumped into a very few hours in the week.

And when I'm tired, I get grumpy. Discontent. Impatient.

I am not a pleasant person to be around. In fact, I turn into a two-year-old. My maturity level drops. I want to throw a tantrum. I want to cry. I want to yell. I want to hide.

But I am not two. I am 34. And God reminded me of that this morning in my journaling.

Readily recognize what He wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Romans 12:2 (The Message)

I needed that reminder today -- to not bring myself down to the level the world requires but to bring myself up to God.

Thank you for timely instruction and forgiving even my most immature days.