Who do I think that I am?

I have a serious confession to make.

Today I got home from a school for work and changed clothes so that I could go running. I went in the garage and got a water and then put the water on the cabinet where I had bought a basket full of goodies. That was when I noticed that the basket was no longer there. The goodies where there but the basket is gone. I went running, wondering where the basket could have disapeared to and then when one of my roommates got home I asked him if he knew what happened to it. He just replied oh yeah my girlfriend used it for this thing and she said that she will replace it. Well with all that has gone on in this house and between me and him over the last couple of years that $3.99 basket almost got the best of me. I was almost ready to flip. I have looked past the scuffs on the coffee table that I bought and he has torn up becasue he puts his boots on it. I have just cleaned and recleaned as he and his girlfriend act like tornadoes in this house. But this basket almost sent me to the point of no return. This piece of cheap plastic almost sent me over the edge to a point where I explode.

What do you do in a situation like this? How do you be "Christ" to someone who has continuiosly disrespected me?

It sure makes me think about when Peter asked Jesus how many times he lets someone do wrong to him and Jesus told him to let them do it 70 times not just 7. And then after reading that I set and think about how many times I disrespected Jesus in the ways that I was living life and thankfully Jesus never turned His eyes from me. He never just left me. THATS THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. Who am I to say that what I have done and the forgiveness that Jesus has showed me doesn't extend to this friend of mine who has disrespected me. If there is anything that I should be good at and remember first hand is to understand the forgiveness that God has for each of us.

Who am I and how great am I that I cannot forgive this guy for disrespecting me in many ways when I turned my back on God and yet God still forgave me. God doesn't need me. He doesn't have to have me. He wants me and He wants to have a relationship with me. How humbling is that! How amazing is that! I can't believe that I let my anger get so far before i sought after what Jesus said about forgiveness.

"Thank you God for your mercy in my life. Thank you for helping me to see that I was wrapped in anger to where it was beggining to consume me. Lord, the forgivness that you have shown me should be extended to those around me and then to so many more. Help me, oh God, to remember this lesson about forgiveness and help me to remember that conversation that you had with Peter so that I may walk closer to you and I may know you more. Lord, thank you for everything. In Jesus' name. Amen.