I guess that sentence needs some explanation. So, here's the rundown. Today (or more likely yesterday by the time I'm done with this) I went over to UNC to visit some friends of mine who I hadn't seen in quite some time. Not long after I had arrived, one of them asked me for a favor. It wasn't really a hard favor, and I was happy to do it. But then things got more complicated. In the end, I was walking 15 minutes across campus, alone, at night, to pick my friends up and drive them to a concert that I wanted to go to, but was sold out.
I'm not going to lie, this bugged me. As I started walking, I wrestled with annoyance and anger. I'd come to hang out with them, and now they're using me as a ride? It wasn't fair.
Then it struck me: These were some of my best friends. Am I really so selfish that I can't take 15 minutes out of my day to help them out? I was instantly humbled, and rather ashamed. I talked to God for a bit, and apologized for the way I was acting.
See, it could have stopped here and been a good lesson learned, but God is so much better than that...
Not 2 minutes after I'd stopped praying, one of my friends calls me and tells me that there was an extra ticket to the concert, and if I wanted to go.
So now I'm back at home after an amazing concert that ended an amazing day with friends, all because God knocked me off my high horse. It's good to serve a loving God.
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