Continued Peace Through Trusting My Husband

How sad it was when someone was rude to me today.  She was a worker at a store behind the customer service desk.  She was having a hard day.  It's sad 'cause I know this world is full of people who have pain.  I am sad from being in the world and being aware through observation of people's pain.  What is a positive challenge for me, though, is to release that I am responsible for the other person's bad day or that I have to repair it or that I cannot grow in character and use the circumstance as a "rebounding board" to find something good out of it for my life or my family.  Since I truly am not responsible for her attitude, I can let myself use the opportunity to draw closer to my husband and in Godly character.  God blesses those who mourn (over the sadness from sin in this world) and God Himself truly does comfort.  "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4

My husband and I divided up the jobs at the store, each taking a shopping buggy and each taking a child.  I headed to the customer service desk to make three returns.  The lady refused to make the transaction and get me a refund and said it all in a very dominating way.  I found my husband and told him the results of my efforts.  I told him what I thought of the lady, and he responded with a harsher description of her.  I also told my husband how she wouldn't let me return one of the items today simply because the others needed more information with them.  That did not make any sense.  She definitely was being difficult.  My dear husband explained more to me of the purchase of one of the items I was trying to return.  He told me he had purchased it online and right there with his phone brought up the email notification of purchase and told me to go back and tell the lady it was an online purchase.

So back I went with more boldness and confidence and stood in line.  God gives boldness to those who do right.  I did right when I listened to and depended on my husband.  "The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident." Proverbs 28:1

It was my turn, and the woman had her difficult attitude still of course.  I talked to her, told her the item was an online purchase.  She asked for the confirmation purchase number, and I read it.  She explained something about having to contact the online part of the store for a return since it was an online purchase after she tried the confirmation purchase number, and it was not letting her make the return.  That was understandable, but with the item she wasn't letting me return today simply because "I should do it all together when I'm ready to return the others," didn't make sense.  I told her about the item returning it without a receipt, "I have returned these before without a receipt, and I just had to go into the store and find the same one so the clerk could use it to find the item number."  By then, my husband surprised me and showed up next to the counter!  I am so glad he was there... the clerk lady had gotten a worker higher in authority involved who was teaching the first clerk about the situation for returning the item.

For whatever reason (it didn't matter the reason to me; I trusted my husband), my husband said to me in front of the two clerks, "Just return it another time."  I could have let the rude clerk's attitude knock me off my balanced peacefulness, but I stayed peaceful, seeing my husband's words as an opportunity to escape and let that rude lady be dealt with by the clerk higher in authority.  As we walked away, my husband, who was there to observe this time (praise God for a witness and support!), acknowledged that she was rude.  I am glad that I listened to my husband, submitting to him right in front of the two clerks, not trying to make them do what was right, and let God take vengeance.  I maintained my peace this way.

How can you be encouraged by this?  1) Be open to your husband by telling him your situations. 2) Be ready to listen to him. (Men like to help solve problems.) 3) Do just as your husband says and reap continued peace in your spirit.