Driving

i was driving to my Starbucks to do some work before work, and I was making a right turn on a green light. The cars in the opposing lane were making safe lefts, and when I got to the intersection to make the turn that was, by law, my right to make first, the opposing car turning left did not relent. As usual, I lashed out in my patronizing lecturer tone saying, "Now, really? Is it your turn to make that turn? No it isn't. When making safe lefts, you always yield to the car that is turning right, and that is me, now isn't it. You should learn to yield more, man this self-asserting, self-promoting, selfish town."

Then I thought, "at some point, in order to avoid a collision, someone has to yield. Who will it be? Do I have to do it out of humility? that's what instinct tells me, and i think that is what years of being raised in a Christian home has taught me about etiquette- put others first. It seems right, but this situation highlighted how self-asserting I am. In my heart I expect, still, that others yield to me. If I yield to them, it isn't out of love, but it is me extending a favor. Wow how prideful is that. Man, God's got a lot to change about me. Praise Him for his patience!