Opening the door from the garage to the house, I walked into the short hallway to the kitchen. The mess of the garage had found its way into the house as well! Clothes and shoes were strewn all around the living room, and there were blankets and pillows all over the couches. Dishes were in the sink, on the counters, and on the coffee table too. I noticed crumbs, spilled ice cream, and crushed leaves on the floors. It was quite the welcome……
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For the Froot Loops in My Bowl
It was a Sunday morning and I needed to be at the church by 8:15 a.m. My alarm had woken me up three hours before, and I was in the process of making chocolate milks for the road, brushing the tangles out of my daughter’s golden-brown hair, and dressing my three-year-old, Titus, in an outfit that could weather his storm.
It was in between pulling his shirt over his head and hearing the microwave chime - notifying me that his chocolate milk was warmed and ready - when Titus asked me for some cereal. Specifically Froot Loops……
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Resolve for the Mess
Life isn’t fair. Bad things happen. Things get messy. Sometimes the storm seems perfect and the cards that are dealt aren’t always good. And it shouldn’t come as a surprise when it happens since Jesus gave us the head’s up in John 16:33 - "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.”
Experiencing trouble is oftentimes out of our control, but what we do in response to it is absolutely in our control……
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