Temptation

I was lying in bed this morning and praying, "Lord, I need Your help. Apart from You, I can do nothing." and just this Sunday we talked about the Fruits of the Spirit in Sunday School. So, this morning I asked the Lord for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (oy!). Right after I did, I said to myself, "Oh great, now that I've asked for it, I'm probably gonna be tempted in each area." and you know what, I WAS! Well, not all of them....yet. I was driving to work and had to stop for gas. I left early on purpose because I knew I was going to have to get gas. So, for starters, a test of patience. My little gas door on my car would not open. Pull the handle, nothing. Stick my keys in and try to pry it open, nothing. I parked too close to the gas thing so the huge trash can for the paper towels was in my way. It was cold outside and my hair was blowing everywhere and I couldn't get the stupid thing open! I thought, "I'm never going to make it to work! I'll run out of gas before I get there!" so I kept trying and trying. I bent two keys and gave up and called my husband. He was 45 minutes away, what could he do but listen to me whine and gripe at him. He said, "Put a tube of lipstick under the handle inside to hold it up and then try to pry it open with a key." Well, that didn't work at all, but I did remember that the last time we had trouble opening this thing, both of us did it together, how was I supposed to do it by myself? Well, I pryed and pryed some more and after 15 minutes of prying it finally came open. Grrr.....was I in a bad mood now! The lady at the gas station told me to have a nice day, and I was like, "Yeah right!" and left and sped off to work. Then when I get to work the phone was ringing and ringing and ringing constantly! One call right after another like crazy! I was trying to fix coffee for everyone and answer the phone and talk to people and transfer them correctly and keep my cool all at the same time. When I finally had a moment to sit down I was reminded of my prayer. Boy, God really does listen doesn't He?