Getting tested
Never, no, never, ever, ever, say that you are having a great day, unless you want that fact to be tested. Period.
I was definitely reminded of this the hard way the other day at work. I was talking to a friend online and she asked how my day was going. I told her that it was actually a really good day. I just felt good about it. Not even ten minutes after that it seems like everything went downhill! I had a few really bad calls, my computer crashed in the middle of one of them, and all of the sudden I just wanted to was get out of there!
I'll admit, for about 30 minutes there, I just went with it. I started feeling sorry for myself, being annoyed at how such a great day had just been ruined, getting frustrated with other people because everything was just going wrong! And then God spoke to me in a great big deep voice and told me to straighten up. The end.
. . .
No, of course that's not what happened! It was definitely more of a soft whisper as God began to show me how childish I was being. I had just been enjoying a great day and thanking Him for everything and I let a few little things "ruin" it all!
For the first time, it really hit home for me that everything doesn't have to be going right for me to have a good day. This is the day The LORD has made, and because of that I will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalms 118:24). And not just when everything is working out perfectly.
I was definitely reminded of this the hard way the other day at work. I was talking to a friend online and she asked how my day was going. I told her that it was actually a really good day. I just felt good about it. Not even ten minutes after that it seems like everything went downhill! I had a few really bad calls, my computer crashed in the middle of one of them, and all of the sudden I just wanted to was get out of there!
I'll admit, for about 30 minutes there, I just went with it. I started feeling sorry for myself, being annoyed at how such a great day had just been ruined, getting frustrated with other people because everything was just going wrong! And then God spoke to me in a great big deep voice and told me to straighten up. The end.
. . .
No, of course that's not what happened! It was definitely more of a soft whisper as God began to show me how childish I was being. I had just been enjoying a great day and thanking Him for everything and I let a few little things "ruin" it all!
For the first time, it really hit home for me that everything doesn't have to be going right for me to have a good day. This is the day The LORD has made, and because of that I will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalms 118:24). And not just when everything is working out perfectly.
posted by Jake A. Smith at
3:49 PM
2 Comments:
Hehe...isn't it always amazing when God speaks to ya in the voice telling you to straigten up? :)
Glad to see you are back, Jake!
Matt: Thanks, it's good to be back in town :)
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