I was writing this blog when I ran into a frustration which most of us have experienced at one time or another. I had just finished writing what I felt was a great inspiring story for the blog, and even read it to my wife. I was about to hit the button to publish the blog, when I thought "I should read this over one more time." Of course, as I am reading it over for the last time, the screen blinks and the story which I had so carefully crafted is gone... frustration.

What is funny is that I was writing a story about checking our attitudes in the face of frustrations. As I said, I had read the story to my wife, who coffered that it was a good reminder to make sure our attitudes reflected Christ at all times. She then walked into the bedroom to fold laundry, when she heard me groaning about the sudden computer failure that rendered my story irretrievable. She came back in to see what the problem was, only to find me wallowing in self-pity over the loss. She offered a comforting word and advice, but was quickly dismissed with a typical male grunt. As we all know, this grunt is man-speak for "I know you are right, but I don't want to hear it right now." Instead of calling me on my grumbly mood, she quietly and humbly returned to the laundry (perhaps knowing the Lord would convict me in due time).

Still searching to appease the yearnings of my grief, I went online to air my grievances with someone who understands computers. While he could have easily dismissed my disgruntled state, he instead offered a understanding word and advice on how to prevent such problem from occurring. It wasn't until then that I realized the irony in this whole thing. I was trying to use a story of a woman who lost her temper because of some small meaningless thing, and my objective was to encourage Christians to keep their attitudes in check at all times. And yet, here I was disgruntled simply because of an avoidable minor technical glitch. Perhaps I should spend some more time studying my own attitude, and less time writing blogs about others. All I can say is praise God for technical glitches... and patient wives!

"Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in (J)Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Phil 2:4-11