I don't know about you, but I don't like being called out. My word for this year is positivity. However, lately I have let my anger get the best of me, & it has turned to negativity. And I have been called on it.
My husband has called me out on not only the anger, but my lack of patience as well. When the nurse at the doctor's office called at the last minute to let us know our new doctor was not available for his appointment, I went off on the nurse and it was not her fault. Since I've been working in the same customer service job for almost 19 years, you would think that I would know better. I know what it feels like to have someone yell at you for something that you have no control over.
God has also been calling me out on my lack of patience. I've been looking into going to school. However. I was becoming frustrated when I wasn't finding the school that He wanted me to go to right away. God told me to just hold on and sure enough an online class within my budget became available. And He called me out again reminding me to wait on his timing and not my own.
I'll be honest with you. When my husband calls me out I tend to get upset or angry. After all, I'm not perfect and neither is he. I don't take it much better when God calls me out. However, I must remember that both God and my husband are calling me out because they care about me.
How do you handle it when you're called out? Do you take criticism with a grain of salt and learn? Or do you do like I do intend to get upset and then have to go back and apologize? I think it's better to learn from your mistakes and accept the criticism. Otherwise we could go through life just making the same mistakes over and over again.
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