Me and my Creature Comforts

 

  It is time for a confession about my bad attitude when the weather has an effect on my creature comforts: the things I think of as necessities. Things like running water, and air-conditioning, and electricity, and whatever I want to eat for breakfast, and coffee. There are many people in the world who do not get those things when they wake up, but the spoiled American I am, I do.

  The weather in Texas has made the news, so I feel I ought to say the effect it has had on my family and I has been minimal. Of course though, the selfish person I am, I must feel in my heart of hearts (I am ashamed to admit) there is no suffering greater than mine. Yes, there are people who have lost everything, but what is everything to the inconveniences I faced this morning. 

  Last night, sometime around midnight, the power went out. I woke up and nothing was on in my room. So I climbed out of bed, set the alarm on my phone, and crossed my finger in hopes of the power being back on in the morning. In the morning, I woke to find the power still was not on, so I let myself sleep in. When I finally did get out of bed and the power was not on, I was very frustrated. I would have no coffee. I could not have yogurt with my granola for breakfast. And there was no running water. Now, I realize the water part is important, but there are worse fates. Then the power did kick back on at 8:30 thanks to the hard work of the power company.

  Once we had power (and the internet) back, I starting reading the news. People lost a lot more than a night of power because of the rain. Cars, houses, loved-ones, lives. Me and my petty concerns about not getting coffee. There is a lot of selfishness in my veins, and it is not that I do not care about others at all, my thoughts just turn to the girl that lives in my skin first.

  There are times when I need to be appalled at myself, and this mornings was one of those times. Blessed beyond measure and all I can think about is me. And apart from the grace of God, that is all I would do. But thanks to Him I do not.