Action/Reaction

When we encounter things in life that don't work out for us the way we'd like we should pay attention to how we react to these things. Are we allowing the situation to control our feelings and take over our minds, or are we letting go of our illusions of control? as Christians, we often fall into a false belief that if God loves us, life will be good and easy. We think that if we encounter difficulty, we are being punished or maybe our faith is too weak. What if we are going through this so that we can go through this? The other day i was tring to get home and kept gettign stuck in traffick jams. I was getting pretty pissed off, until I realized that my anger was not helping anything. The traffick jams had nothing to do with me, they would have happened whether I was there or not. They simply existed. Once I realized that, I focused on what I could do with the time I had. I listened to a sermon, called a friend, talked with God. I'm not saying we are not allowed to have human reactions to things, I'm suggesting that we do not allow our reactions to overtake us. Be aware of how you react to life.