When Expectations Are Violated: Choose Forgiveness

First, let me apologize for being late a few days this weeks and especially yesterday. Things have not been going my way AT ALL and to add to the crap-o-la, we got hit by the storm and lost a huge tree and power. (We still don’t have any)With that being said, I want to wrap up the week of forgiveness with a thought I’ve had all week. It’s centered around some thing people had said and the way the week has gone. You see, it’s so easy to feel hurt when someone slights us or doesn’t give us our due. Maybe you waved at someone and they didn’t wave back. Maybe someone said something with the wrong tone or facial expression, or maybe they talked down to you or made you feel stupid in a group. Or maybe is as simple as someone didn’t answer your text or phone call, and you start imagining all the reasons why. (I’m bad about this)Rather than taking things personally or being hurt or angry over being slighted or made to feel stupid, what if you forgave them instead? Forgiveness lets you walk away and forget it, not letting the pain or irritation stick to you. We all have expectancies, every single day. We expect people to act a certain way. We expect things to go a certain way. We expect to be understood or revered. But the chances of everything happening exactly the way we expect it to is ZERO man, absolutely ZERO! Every single day, in a hundred different scenarios, your expectancies will be violated. We could talk about each and every way that could happen, there are so many. But for now, I’m trusting the God to bring this to your remembrance when you need it and help you realize when your expectancies have been violated, and help you forgive quickly and easily when it happens. Have a great weekendBe Nice, Grace Wins