God is there!
No hot water for a shower this morning. First day back with students from break. My service dog took forever to use the bathroom on his walk. I spilled my coffee in my car. The internet and phone were not working at work... AND ALL THIS BEFORE 8AM!
When all goes wrong, and it will, I have had to learn that God is there and that if I just hang in, keep my cool, and say a prayer- I can get through it. I may not be happy about it, in fact I was not happy at all this morning, and that is okay. God does not ask me to be happy, He simply asks me to surrender. So when all was going wrong this morning, I took a deep breath (after nearly hyperventilating in stress), closed by eyes for a moment and said, "Lord, please step in right now". In a perfect world, that would have solved all the mayhem from the morning, but this is not a perfect world, and it didn't. What it did do for me though was give me pause, a pause to breathe, think, and then decide how to proceed. God did step in, He guided me through a tech support phone call for the internet problem (which fixed the school phone), guided me while cleaning coffee spills, making new coffee (a close second in value to God this morning), and gently loving my precious service dog who just does not like Mondays either. Even with that guidance, I still felt stressed, frazzled, and like I had a BAD case of the Mondays.
My Monday, you might say, was rough! On days like today, sometimes a moment of prayer is not going to cut it to get my focus back on God. Sometimes, it is time to bring in the big guns- WORSHIP MUSIC. Today I brought in the big guns! I played THIS SONG on repeat for a good 10 minutes in my classroom before my students arrived. This is what really got my brain back on track, I started to realize that God has my back, is there supporting me, and is going to handle these obstacles with me, not for me, but He will always be there.
My dog and I survived the day, a little worse for wear, but we survived. I completed my to-do list for my classroom, planned our next project, and got tomorrow's plans and paperwork all in order. I could not have done any of that without taking my 10 minutes to refocus my mind on God. Some may see listening to music at work a waste of time, some may see repeating a song 3 or 4 times as insanity, but I see it as survival. I did what I needed to do in that moment to reach for my lifeline to sanity- God.
There are a lot of cold, flu, and other nasty bugs going around- but while these may have no cure, I can offer you a cure for a bad case of the Mondays- spend 10 minutes with God. Think of it like medicine, just like you take to keep your body healthy, take 10 minutes to sit with God. Open your heart, open your mouth, sing, speak, cry, pray, laugh, yell, ANYTHING. God will receive it, love you, and will get you through the day. You wouldn't think twice about taking DayQuil for a cold or flu, so do not think twice about treating your heart at least once a day, every day with worship and God-time.
I hope I do not get a bad case of the Tuesdays (is that even a thing?), but if I do, I know the cure!
No hot water for a shower this morning. First day back with students from break. My service dog took forever to use the bathroom on his walk. I spilled my coffee in my car. The internet and phone were not working at work... AND ALL THIS BEFORE 8AM!
When all goes wrong, and it will, I have had to learn that God is there and that if I just hang in, keep my cool, and say a prayer- I can get through it. I may not be happy about it, in fact I was not happy at all this morning, and that is okay. God does not ask me to be happy, He simply asks me to surrender. So when all was going wrong this morning, I took a deep breath (after nearly hyperventilating in stress), closed by eyes for a moment and said, "Lord, please step in right now". In a perfect world, that would have solved all the mayhem from the morning, but this is not a perfect world, and it didn't. What it did do for me though was give me pause, a pause to breathe, think, and then decide how to proceed. God did step in, He guided me through a tech support phone call for the internet problem (which fixed the school phone), guided me while cleaning coffee spills, making new coffee (a close second in value to God this morning), and gently loving my precious service dog who just does not like Mondays either. Even with that guidance, I still felt stressed, frazzled, and like I had a BAD case of the Mondays.
My Monday, you might say, was rough! On days like today, sometimes a moment of prayer is not going to cut it to get my focus back on God. Sometimes, it is time to bring in the big guns- WORSHIP MUSIC. Today I brought in the big guns! I played THIS SONG on repeat for a good 10 minutes in my classroom before my students arrived. This is what really got my brain back on track, I started to realize that God has my back, is there supporting me, and is going to handle these obstacles with me, not for me, but He will always be there.
My dog and I survived the day, a little worse for wear, but we survived. I completed my to-do list for my classroom, planned our next project, and got tomorrow's plans and paperwork all in order. I could not have done any of that without taking my 10 minutes to refocus my mind on God. Some may see listening to music at work a waste of time, some may see repeating a song 3 or 4 times as insanity, but I see it as survival. I did what I needed to do in that moment to reach for my lifeline to sanity- God.
There are a lot of cold, flu, and other nasty bugs going around- but while these may have no cure, I can offer you a cure for a bad case of the Mondays- spend 10 minutes with God. Think of it like medicine, just like you take to keep your body healthy, take 10 minutes to sit with God. Open your heart, open your mouth, sing, speak, cry, pray, laugh, yell, ANYTHING. God will receive it, love you, and will get you through the day. You wouldn't think twice about taking DayQuil for a cold or flu, so do not think twice about treating your heart at least once a day, every day with worship and God-time.
I hope I do not get a bad case of the Tuesdays (is that even a thing?), but if I do, I know the cure!
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