ARGH!!!!

It's been one of those days. I am getting ready for our Student Ministry Kickoff this weekend and I've been focused on that and my one class that I nearly missed the fact that the basics that needed to get done, like paying my bills and refilling my meds, almost didn't get done. The air conditioning in the offices is not working well and it was humid and uncomfortable. Things kept cropping up and my to do list was becoming a to do dissertation. I was chasing down two prescriptions for 2 days and it's was a circus. When I finally got things straightened out and thought that I could actually get what I needed, and after I've raced 20miles to get somewhere before 9 PM because I'm tired and overwhelmed, and I get to the door of the 2nd pharmacy that I've been to AND THE PHARMACY IS CLOSED.

ARGH!!!

I'm trying to find the silver lining. Really. But I'm a little stressed and really didn't want another chore for tomorrow. I'd been told to calm down by my mom a few times today but things just kept piling up.

But life...and God's way of waking you up...can be funny. I got back into my car, frustrated, tired, and a bit upset. I had been listening to Peder Eide's CD "Taste and See" and I just happened to be at the end of the disc and then it happened. Turn the car on, music starts, and Peder's song "Be", which is Psalm 46, starts. I let out a laugh because I was reminded that all the chasing, all the planning, all the craziness came down to a final moment...

I forgot that no matter how much I chased, ran, planned, designed, worried, fretted, sweated...no matter how crazy this week has gotten, I forgot that God was watching over me. I love this psalm because it brings comfort when things get really crazy and He reminds me to slow down, to be safe, to just be.

I'm home and writing this and trying to be. It's going to take some time to unwind tonight and I'm going to go to sleep with that promise because tomorrow is another day...and it will be stressful and crazy...but it will be.

Good night from Philly.