Today I was frustrated. Frustrated that my Bride had a different agenda in mind for my morning that I did. Frustrated that expectations were put on me that I didn’t necessarily know about or agree to.
I was frustrated.
Then I realized, as I talked it out with God on my way to the office, that maybe my frustration was not with other people or agendas or expectation that were put on me. Maybe I brought all that on by not communicating well with my Bride. Maybe I need to be presenting realistic expectations for other to be able to count on. Expectations of when and where I will be. How long a task will take. What time I’m going to get up in the morning and what type of things I’m going to get done that day.
All these things seemed to be at the heart of my frustration in what I thought was someone else’s issue. In truth, it’s my issue.
So. What next? I have to start presenting realistic expectation for the people in my life. This will be difficult at first, I am a very ‘fly by the seat of my pants’ kind of guy when it comes to me. That’s selfish. I have more that me to take care of. I’m going to need to be deliberate in what I do and how I plan.
It all comes back to self-control and discipline. Two things that I am continually working on.
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. – Proverbs 25:28
A city without walls is vulnerable and open to attack, like my frustration this morning which tried to lead me into anger. I want to avoid that at all costs. Becoming more purposeful in what do and showing self-control will also set a good example for my kids whom I desperately want to teach excellence to.
Time to start rebuilding the walls…
it was a long drive back from Moline, IL yesterday. i think we stopped 3 times, twice to feed Ansley and once for gas. it felt like forever.
we had a really good time this weekend though. the hotel room was really nice and Caleb and Emmry loved the pool. you could swim from inside to outside. outside was cold. Caleb and I did it a couple times.
my talk went really well. i feel that God gave me the right words for the occasion. hopefully someone got something from it and seeds were planted. i feel so blessed to still be able to use football as a platform to reach out to people.
currently i’m sitting in the Stoney Creek Inn in Moline, IL. i’m getting ready to speak before a Quad City Steamwheelers game. they an arena team located here. my good friend Geoff Pearson works with the FCA up here and asked if i would like to come. i’m looking forward to it.
the game starts at 7 and i speak just before that. the whole family is here and Caleb is really looking forward to seeing a football game. he is loving sports right now.
i’ll catch you up on how the game went later.
Caleb and I went to the dentist yesterday. It was Caleb’s first visit. The lady who cleaned our teeth was very nice. Her name was Miss Nikki. Mister sunshine looked into Caleb’s mouth while Miss Nikki counted Caleb’s teeth. 10 on the bottom and 10 on the top! Just right.
Next, Caleb got his teeth cleaned by the spinny brush. Then he got to rinse and spit into the drain. After that Mister Thirsty sucked out Caleb’s spit while he got his strawberry flouride treatment. Strawberry was very important.
When we were all done, Caleb got to pick out a prize. He picked a big bouncy ball.
Overall it was very good. Caleb said he liked it.
Oh yeah, my teeth were fine.
I was walking my new community yesterday and it was pretty messy. I had changed my shoes and it was a good thing. The mud was caked on thick. At the end, we were walking up the back of a walkout lot when I started to slip. I tried shifting my feet, but nothing worked.
Down I go, to the hands and 1 knee, right in the mud. Did I mention that it was only 11am?
Luckily I had brought another pair of pants (that I should have worn out In the first place).
Today I wore different pants that I could get dirty and didn’t fall once. Go figure!
