Today, I experienced the worst kind of road rage I had ever encountered. Now, I will say this: I know I have probably in my life been the perpetrator of road rage. But, not like what I experienced today. Surely this person had had a really bad day. I was coming onto the Madison interchange from Highland Colony going towards the town of Madison ( I really don't know my directions...I am not very good with North, South, East and West...really frustrates my Ted)...when this SUV was making a U-turn right in the middle of the road...the person literally screamed at me and I could hear them with my windows rolled up and theirs also...so I kept going...they came up beside me on my right to go ahead and get on the interstate -- going extremely fast, mind you, and then held the left hand up to me with a very obscene gesture.
I was flabbergasted!! In fact, I cried. I was so hurt because I am such a tender-hearted person and I thought to myself, "I am just driving. What did I do?"
You know, I got to thinking. There are so many hurting people in our world. But there are also so many hurting people right around us and we really don't realize it...I ache for this person who felt so compelled to be so mad while driving. Obviously, there is a deep need. As I read tonight in Hebrews 1:9, there is the oil of joy that is available for us and I just pray that somehow, this person could experience the oil of God's anointing joy in someway in their life. And I pray that for whoever reads this...God will anoint each of us with His oil of joy--gladness and inner joy at knowing Him and at allowing Him to cause us to love Him more and more each day.
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