Wow, harder than I thought

For some reason I thought I could start this project last night and wake up a new woman.  (insert television game show buzzing noise...)  I lose!  haha....not so funny.  I went to bed all invigorated and excited, which doesn't set a gal up for falling asleep quickly.  When the morning came, and all too soon, I hopped out of bed and rushed the girls out the door of our room so Eric could sleep a little longer.  Some days he gets home from work at a terrible hour and last night was one of them.  I like to occasionally cut him a little slack.  Only sometimes, mind you.  Today was his lucky day. 
I was patient with the kids but by 8:15am I was smacked in the face with what would be my first battle.  It's no Lexington and Concord or Bull Run, but still, the devil is a tricky fellow.  He is disguised in sheep's clothing and then BAM, he bites you.  I could have won this morning, but he beat me!  I gave in to feeling irritated and cranky and frustrated for the sake of one pathetic little noun.  Inequity.  So, devil, thanks for making today's fight so obvious because in round two I'm going to kick its butt.

Inequity is "injustice, unfairness"; iniquity refers to "immorality, sin, wickedness."

See also related terms for sin.

Are you kidding me?  Could I have picked a better first day battle?  Apparently that word practically DEFINES sin, of all things!  Lest I forget...not my choosing.  Looks like God is totally on board with my project.  When am I going to learn?!?!

Psalm 103

¹ Praise the LORD, my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

² Praise the LORD, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

³ who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases,

⁴ who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,

⁵ who satisfies your desires with good things

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶ The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
⁷ He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
⁸ The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
¹⁰ he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Ding, ding, ding.  I must start overlooking the inequities around me because to be drawn in to thinking about them, talking about them, repeating them and letting those thoughts infect more than a moment of my day as a fleeting, flickering flash is to give power to something that is truly lifeless.  And God doesn't even acknowledge them, to the best of my understanding.  How can being SAVED ever not feel like enough?  So, maybe today is more about not keeping score than inequity.  I might not notice inequities if I stopped.  keeping.  score.  Hear me, devil.  Nada.  No mas.  Harder than it sounds, but what did I say yesterday? 
BRING
IT
ON
I'm all over this one.  Round two.