Yesterday i was pulling out of the McDonalds car park, when a guy in a reved up sports car came racing up behind me. He was apparantly annoyed at me for pulling out in front of him, even though he was waaaay down the road when i pulled out. But he was speeding and didn't want to slow down to my max legal speed. He sat on my tail till i indicated to turn a corner, then he nearly clipped my car in a hurry to get around me, and he just blasted his horn at me.
Instinctively, i do what i always do, and stuck my finger out the window.
I suffer from road rage to a certain degree. It annoys me no end when people aren't complying with road rules, and then they get upset when other people are. It just REALLY erks me!
But even though i have a "lose finger" around crappy drivers, Yesterday was the first time that "Dad" really told me off for it. Here i am with a pretty fish sticker on the back of my car, and a pretty cross hanging from my rear view mirror [To remind me to behave i might add] and what do i do? Give people the finger. What does that say about me? What does that say about the awesome God i'm supposed to be representing?
That both God and i hate crappy drivers? And they need to be taught a lesson, and they'll only learn if i show them a hostile finger? No. It says that i am a hypacrite. And perhaps God is a hypacrite too [It REALLY hurt writting the words "God is a hypacrite"!]
This is the first time God has pulled me up on it,And i feel like a chastised child.
I'll really need to work on my responses. But because he pointed it out, i know he'll help me.