Let me explain: on Wednesday, I had a calendar full of events and appointments. I had planned very carefully how to make it to each event and appointment early so I could have time to gather my thoughts, pray, and then go into action. However, when I make plans, God proves that He has quite the sense of humor because every single driver I got behind apparently had no clue that the vertical pedal on the right makes the car move. No matter which lane every car I got behind slowed down. So much for arriving early (although I was early for the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Service).
When it came time for a hospital visit at Lexington Medical Center, I got stuck in the traffic on the exit ramp for almost an hour (whoever designed the traffic flow for that location should be shot). While making that visit my phone was blowing up with robocalls from spoofed numbers (and I seemed to have called myself twice).
Stopped at the grocer to renew my supply of office candy. I had 4 items in the express line. The person in front of me had food enough to find the source of the Nile. Therefore, that was another 45 minute wait in line at a grocer who only had 2 lines open. After ringing up all this customers purchases, out came the coupons (many of which were expired which led to a rather heated debate), finally the purchase was made and the customer had to look at every item on the receipt to make sure they weren't being over charged. Because of this lengthy exchange, I was a few minutes late to a Swearing In at the Sheriff's Office.
This continued all day, wherever I went. So by the time I was ready to come home, I knew my blood pressure was probably at the exploding point, so I stopped off to calm down and have some coffee. I re-read the devotional passage and had a few choice words for God because the passage was Psalm 131:2, "I have calmed and quieted myself." David, the Beloved of God, must not have ever had such a frustrating day if he was able to calm and quiet himself! And yet, perhaps he actually did have such a day because if he quieted and calmed himself then he was not quiet and calm before. I could literally feel God's WHACK to my forehead. Instead of lashing out at Him as I had intended, I had to confess my heart and ask forgiveness.
The second part of verse two reminds us that when a child is upset, they seek the comfort of their parent to handle and resolve what's bothering them. That's what I needed (and still need) to do. Then it hit me, yet again, God is the one in control of ALL things! My frustration, irritation, anger, and unkind words were my effort to take over God's job and God used all the days events to remind me He truly is the one in charge. When I finally realized that, Calm and Quiet replaced all that had been within me.
I'll leave you with Psalm 131:3. "O Israel, put your hope in the Lord—now and always." God is God, and we are not, so let Him do His job.
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