Not a great day today. Things were just driving me crazy today, and I'm at the point where I couldn't get out of the airport fast enough tonight. If I never have to bag another item again, it'll be too soon. I couldn't bag things right for people, and I had too many people asking for unnecessary bags. Oh how I wish we could charge a waste-of-bag fee sometimes. It wouldn't bother me as much if we didn't have plastic bags, the worst kind of all--they're terrible for the environment. But anyway, on top of that flight were delayed, I couldn't get things done, etc, etc. It was just one of those days. However on the way home music soothed the savage breast. I listened to some Tchaikovsky, and then some Traveling Wilburys came on, a song called "Not Alone Anymore" and Roy Orbison's operatic voice was a balm to my battered soul.
It bothers me to no end that these stupid things (like bags,etc) drive me crazy. After all, as Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:31-32: "Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of malicious behavior. Instead be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you." In one of his other letters he tells us to put to death all bitterness, rage, malice etc. (I can't remember where it is just now.) However, these sinful attitudes do not die easy at all. They're kind of like cockroaches. I know that I can't possibly put these things to death on my own, I need God's help, and I need Him to remake my heart. Maybe that's why He's kept me at this job for as long as I've been there, making me into what He wants me to be, a new creation.