Accountability

My family has been a little under the weather for the past few days. Between the colds, fevers, and vomiting things have not been very pleasant. But right this minute no one is running a fever and I haven't had to clean up any puke in the past eight hours. Yeah!!!! Life is grand in my house.

You don't realize how good it is when everyone is well, until you get sick and then well again. Suddenly you become very aware of just how good you normally feel. The little aches and pains that we commonly complain about lose their power in our life. It goes back to our perspective. I always laugh when I go to the doctor and they ask me to rate my pain on a scale of one to ten. I always ask, "in comparison to what?" I have had natural child birth, kidney stones, broken ribs, and pins put in my leg without sedation. A migraine or pulled muscle typically do not take precidence in contrast to those things. If child birth is a ten then an abcessed tooth is only a four. My husband who has never had a tooth ache in his life (or given birth) would have a different take on the subject. Perspective is a funny thing.

I try to remember that when dealing with situations and people in my life. I have a several family members in my life who I have difficulty dealing with. I always pray that God would give me objectivity and His perspective when I am with them. I remind myself of one very important thing. When I stand before God he is not going to ask me how others treated me. But, he will ask me how I treated other people. It's not really important what kind of Mother-in-law I have. It does matter what kind of daughter-in-law I am. I am thankful for a God who holds me accountable for my actions but not for the actions of others.

Today's Scripture
Romans 14:11-13 “For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.’ So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.”