Relinquishing the right to be 'right'

     Tonight my Grizzly Bear came in from work and dancing cubbie says, "Dad, what's wrong with your eye?"
    I go to investigate and his eyes are goopy and red. So, I inquire,
     "Are you going to go to the Doctor?" asked with concern.
     "They are closed" he responds
      "Urgent care is open" I am hopeful.
       "I'll be fine."
      Well, this left me uneasy and a bit angry. Now those of you who know me well know this is a challenging area for me that I have been working on for a number of years. With the help of the Holy Spirit leading me in wisdom I prayed...."Lord I need peace or loose my tongue to say what needs to be said."  Well, he loosed my tongue, firmly but kindly without pressure. Without going into details, when I finished speaking I had complete peace. I said what needed to be said and relinquished the right to be right. Now read on to see how the Lord blessed the rest of the evening.
     A bit later I needed to clean the restrooms, as I'd been gone 4 days, on the Emmaus walk and have a 5 year old son. Enough said.
     I passed Grizzly in the cubbies restroom while searching for the scrubbing bubbles. Something about scrubbing bubbles makes cleaning bathrooms almost fun! I know not the best for the environment, but if it helps motivate me to keep those bathrooms clean, I say Getter Done. Grizzly was washing his eyes with water. I asked if he'd tried eye drops. He said he tried my rewetting solution for contacts to no avail. I shared I didn't think that would work he'd probably need something like Visine. Then, proceeded to hunt down the scrubbing bubbles.
     As I began cleaning the downstairs bathroom, it occurred to me we didn't have any Visine. Grizzly passed the doorway and I called to him.
      Looking directly into his face I asked, "Do you want me to go to the store for Visine or something like that for your eyes?" He let me serve him this way. In the Spirit of Agape, which was another big lesson from Emmaus, by the Grace of God at 70% off the original price,  I found a heart shaped box full of Whitman's chocolates that sang, "You're still the One".  Just two weeks, ago Grizzly had mentioned we should get Motown for our music collection because we both like it. As with most things, we have bi-polar interests in music. He listens primarily to AC/DC, Pink Floyd and the like, I listen to primarily Christian music and let's not forget tons of kiddie songs.  If you could have seen his smile and face shine bright like the sun as the box of chocolates sang to him. It was totally worth not being right! An added bonus is the bathrooms are shinning too.