Saturday Confession: When Your Pet Peeve Comes Back to Teach You a Lesson

I try to be flexible.

I do.

But there are some things that drive me crazy.

• People in the left lane going 20mph.
• Movie goers who take forever to open up food bags and then eat with their mouth open.
• And then there’s the group that veto an idea because “that’s not the way we’ve done it.”

I’ve struggled with all of those and the last is particularly difficult because it’s often in Christian circles. When they back up their decision they’ll recount memories a couple decades old and how successful that was. So much so, they’ve done it that way ever since.

And plan to keep with that way of doing things unless God Himself intervenes.

Well, I’m getting a taste of my own medicine. I’ve been pretty vocal when I run into that argument that although God doesn’t change, the way He reaches people does. What worked in 1950 probably didn’t fly in 1970. Nor did 1970 traditions work in 1990. And on it goes.

So imagine my surprise when I heard myself talking this week.

“But ten years ago we had an impossible situation and it worked out. We had a straight sale.”

“Rent? Lease to own? But we’ve never done it that way before.”

And that’s where He got my attention. Those ways DID work. They were downright amazing. So much so it is worth remembering ten years later. But it’s a new day, new economy, new way of communicating within real estate, different place and mindset.

That’s what the agent challenged me to do. Make a shift in my thinking. Change my mindset.

We’re still in the gathering facts stage but honestly, what my husband and realtor shared is honest and wise. Forcing a plan because it worked in the past doesn’t sound so wise anymore. In fact, I realized it made me sound scared and a little desperate.

Does that mean the plan before me is a plan for everyone?

No. This is my confession, my blog.

But if you’re struggling with something different before you that deep down you believe God’s asking you to trust Him with, don’t say no because it’s not the way you’ve done it before.

Or else you sound like your own pet peeve.

Trust me on that.

 

 

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