Eye Opener (Or maybe Ear Opener)

Have you ever gotten up in the morning and just knew it wasn't going to be a good day? Well, that was today for me and it was proven over and over...but that is an entirely different post! I took the girls to Chic-Fil-A today to get out of the house for a little while and to let them run off some energy. While the girls were playing and I was just sitting there with my own thoughts, the quiet was interrupted by a mother yelling at her child. I don't just mean LOUD, I mean hurtful. I really couldn't believe what I was hearing. All I could do was think of the times that I have totally lost it with my girls and wonder what other people must of thought. I am pretty sure that I have never lost it like this mother did...I at least try to keep my "lack of control" at home! I began to wonder what my girls thought when I yelled (that by the way I absolutely hate doing and pray every day for the Lord to change me). I wondered if what I said hurt them....emotionally, spiritually,...what do they think of me? I also realized that God took an incredibly hard day (girls were wearing me thin, and that was only by 10am) to get to realize these things. A day when I might have yelled. A day when I might have said something hurtful just because I was frustrated. A day when I had lost all patience. Thank you Lord for teaching me today. Please help me remember this lesson every day.