I think I'll move to Australia!

Dear faithful readers (all five of you)…Hi Mom! Hi honey! My son has the book, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." It’s a classic…

I think I can relate to Alexander today. It’s as if I woke up with a huge sign on my forehead (along with the huge painful zit by my lip…some of you noticed it this weekend, didn’t you) that read "DETERMINED TO HAVE A BAD DAY!" And, to be honest, I’m not sure if there’s anything I could do about it. I could blame it on hormones or circumstances like: the fact that Verizon started billing my credit card again for a service I don’t have, the fact that I actually said a curse word to the interactive voice response system, the fact that I told the Verizon representative that I call myself a "Verizon hater and that I feel like forming a coup against them", the fact that I’m hoarse right before a big Christmas musical I’m singing in, the fact that my girls’ room is ten degrees colder than the rest of the house because the builder didn’t insulate it well enough, the fact that the builder thinks it’s not an urgent issue, the fact that I have a friend who is struggling with a pattern of sin and is turning her back on truth, the fact that I have my own struggle with sin and am seeing more clearly each day some tough decisions I’m going to have to make…et cetera, et cetera, et cetera…

"I think I’ll move to Australia." (Isn’t it summer there right now?)

Well, friends, I’m sure you can all relate to how I feel, because let’s face it, we all experience bad days. You know, days where you want to crawl back under the covers and hide from the world. In fact, maybe we have more bad days than good in this life. That’s why we look forward to Christ’s return. To be honest, I’ve had worse. And, really, my day was extremely easy compared to a lot who are struggling with chronic illness, divorce, death, abuse, persecution, financial hardship, the list goes on…

I’m reminded that the Israelites complained just like me. They were sick of manna and quail. They wanted more choice foods (like mushroom bisque en croute, which was excellent by the way). They blamed Moses for their troubles, saying, "if only we had never left Egypt." Pretty pathetic. I certainly don’t want to wander around in the wilderness making golden calves and complaining.

The Lord gave me a verse last week that I’m still meditating on. Lamentations 3:25 says, "The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD." So, in the midst of what feels like a horrible day I can hope in God and He is good to me! The verses right before that one are familiar:
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

Take heart, friends, the Lord is with us! It would do us well to trust Him. I’m going to work on that this week!