{"id":894,"date":"2017-07-13T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/this-friscodallas-traffic-is-my-traffic\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:10:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:10:21","slug":"this-friscodallas-traffic-is-my-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"This Frisco\/Dallas Traffic is MY Traffic — Mine Versus Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever seen a baby that\u2019s just beginning to talk, and one of the first words he speaks, especially if he has an older sibling, is \u201cMine\u201d! The sibling or little friend may be trying to play with one of his toys, when the baby grabs it back and says \u201cMine!\u201d Undoubtedly, the parent\u2019s watchful eye will navigate the situation and endeavor to teach the little one to change his mind, \u201cYes, they\u2019re your toys, but they are for you to share with your brother (sister or friend)!\u201d <\/p>\n

A couple of days ago I took Denise, Staci\u2019s family\u2019s valuable assistant\/caregiver\/BFF, to the airport for a trip home to see her family in Indiana for a few days. It was an early morning flight so the Dallas\/Ft Worth traffic was less than other times going to the airport. But, on my return home, the traffic increased substantially. And I was starting my usual consternation about \u201call this traffic\u201d. <\/p>\n

Then I remembered a conversation my son told me that he had with Pastor Ryan Malouff when Ryan and Shawntel were contemplating a move to Austin. They were driving together and the traffic was heavy. Ryan W. asked Pastor Ryan \u201cHow in the world can you live here and deal with this Austin traffic?\u201d Pastor Ryan\u2019s response was \u201cBecause this is MY traffic and this is MY city that God has called me to, and this is MY opportunity to impact MY traffic and My city!\u201d<\/p>\n

That was a heaven-to-earth moment for me, because I could sense God \u201cschooling me\u201d about some poor attitudes I\u2019ve had. Since I\u2019ve moved to Frisco, people have asked me \u201cHow do you like Frisco?\u201d And my common first response was \u201cWell, it\u2019s a big city with a lot of traffic — after all Frisco is the 4th fastest growing city in the U.S., and I had a collision, and I\u2019m still trying to find my rhythm.\u201d <\/p>\n

I had a personal epiphany and said to myself, \u201cDonna, (I often speak to myself that way \u2013 please don\u2019t judge me \u2013 LOL!), are you kidding me that you would lead any conversation with a negative? This is YOUR city now and this is YOUR traffic.\u201d The lightning fast MIND of MINE suddenly thought \u201cRather than complaining and thinking negatively about this traffic, OWN the traffic and the people inside those vehicles and do what God has called you to \u2013 to be a difference maker and pray for those people to become followers of Christ; pray for their financial needs to be met, for their bodies to be healed and for their relationships to be restored.\u201d So, I began to pray. My thoughts then turned to \u201cassignment\u201d. God told His disciples, and to us, \u201cGo into all the world and preach the Gospel message\u201d. (Mark 16:15) Why wouldn\u2019t I being speaking \u201cgood news\u201d over all this traffic? God gave me an assignment to pray instead of being prey to the enemy\u2019s tactics to bring me anxiety and stress.<\/p>\n

Every single day is a learning experience for me. I get it. I know God is still working on me to be the best version of me so that He can use whatever I am and have for Him.<\/p>\n

Maybe today there are negative situations that bug you. Maybe it\u2019s the barking dog next door, or the grumpy boss, or the annoying co-worker, or the kids riding their bicycles across your grass, or the traffic you have to deal with on a daily basis. Why don\u2019t we turn it all around and look for the opportunity to speak into those situations \u201cgood news\u201d with good prayers? And in that case, \u201cALL THINGS (including morning and afternoon traffic), will be used by God for good for those who love God and are called according to His purposes.\u201d (Romans 8:28) Even traffic can be something that can be used by God to bless His children!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever seen a baby that\u2019s just beginning to talk, and one of the first words he speaks, especially if he has an older sibling, is \u201cMine\u201d! The sibling or little friend may be trying to play with one of his toys, when the baby grabs it back and says \u201cMine!\u201d Undoubtedly, the parent\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1170,5380,650,5381,5382,5383,359,5384,1511,5385,378,5386,5303,5387,5388,88],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-airport","tag-assignment-to-pray","tag-austin","tag-being-prey","tag-dallas-traffic","tag-dfw","tag-epiphany","tag-learning-experience","tag-mind","tag-mine","tag-romans-828","tag-ryan-malouff","tag-ryan-wuerch","tag-this-is-my-city","tag-this-is-my-traffic","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7020,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/7020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}