Last night, there was a party going on....one of those last until 2:00 a.m., loud music, loud people, etc...type of parties that I absolutely detest with every fiber of my being....And as annoying as those parties are on normal weekends, this one touched my "Pharisee" side because it was this weekend, the weekend that we remember the resurrection of the Lord. And the reason I say it touched the "Pharisee" side of me because I was thinking..."Don't you know what this weekend is? Why are you celebrating with loud parties and drinking?"
But then something happened that can only come from the Lord, because it happened at 1:30 a.m. in the morning, right when I was getting ready to finally fall asleep with pillows covering my ears....the pillows may have been covering my ears and shutting out the noise from outside, but it didn't shut out the still small voice of God.
He spoke to me in two ways....First, He reminded me that they probably didn't know the Lord, even if it were a "holy weekend"; they still were in their "normal" unsaved state and don't know Him....and then 2nd and the shot to my "Phariseeism"...the question was: "Yes, you know what today is about, but what are YOU doing about it? Are you sharing it with those unsaved people? Are you being joyous in spite of the loudness by knowing that you have eternal life with God? Are you praying for them that they will come to know Jesus as Savior? Is your heart broken that they don't know me?".....
So while I am still annoyed at the parties that go on and "disturb my sleep", I think the Lord has shown me how to turn lemons into lemonade by turning that which annoys me into something that can be used for spiritual motivation......
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