Pride ( <------ Before------> ) Fall

Yesterday was an epic failure.

The house was a mess, laundry to be done, dishes piled high, projects left unfinished, work was unproductive, and I finished exactly 7 minutes of my 30 minute workout.

Stellar.

As my youth pastor used to say, "It was a 'curse the cat and kick the dog' kind of day!" (Ironically, to my knowledge, he never had either of those pets, but it's a great saying either way :))  Just to clarify, I neither kicked nor cursed any living thing, but there may be a few inanimate objects that I owe an apology to t'day...

So, this morning I woke up with a new attitude and a fresh perspective.  I was going to conquer today!  This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it, and all that jazz...   I made coffee, breakfast, and even took my vitamins - this day was gonna rock!

I was stoked for the fresh snow fall, but it had drifted up onto our garage door and I was a lil' nervous about trying to get out since my 'rolla barely "rolls" these days.  However, here's what you need to know about me: I'm an awesome driver.  I know that this may be hard to believe considering my constant ADHD and incredibly uneven thought-to-speak ratio, but I aced my behind the wheel test, and haven't stopped rockin' a driver's seat since!

Unfortunately, pride comes before the fall.

In my defense, I was right, this day was gonna rock - and so was my tiny car - as I gunned the gas to get it out over the snow, slid into the garage, hard, and lost my beloved passenger side mirror.  And not just a little bit, like, broke it the heck off.  Gone-zooooooo.



The thing is, while I still maintain that I am a great driver (duh!), every day is not a win.  Statistically, they just can't be.  And really, they prolly shouldn't be.  Right?  Can you imagine the amount of pride we would struggle with if we never had an off day?

Some days, we pretty much fail, but that's not what's important - it's when we get up the next morning and run our cars into the garage - I mean, uh, rock it!

And while my driver's pride is a bit wounded at the sight of the sad picture above, I am not above admitting when I am wrong.   God is good, and while He may occasionally let us fail, He won't let us fall (car mirrors aside, of course).

Happy snow day friends, enjoy the (snow) fall!