Life is Like That

This is the song in my mind this morning:

What a Mighty God we serve!
What a Mighty God we serve!
Angels bow before Him,
Heaven and Earth adore Him,
What a Mighty God we serve!

We have had some struggles recently. Oh - they are certainly small considering what other people are going through, but nevertheless, they are struggles. Sunday night one of my children left the van door open all night and when I went to start it, it was dead. So Greg jumped it and on we went. Yesterday, while I was working, I found out that someone had hacked my email account. First I tried to have a friend change my password - that didn't work. After work, I sat in the school library for 2.5 hours trying to change my password. I could not. It was more than frustrating. So I decided to open a new email account and move all my contacts. Ugh. What a painful job that was. But it is done and I like my new email better. Then this morning when Greg went out to start his van, he tried to start mine (thank you LORD) and it was dead again! Great. But my first thought was.....well, at least I have Greg's car I can drive. And Greg's first thought....take CASH and get a new battery. What a blessing that we could have these types of thoughts, and not panic as to where to get the money to get a new battery. Thank you LORD. Then we sat down to do our devotion and it was on regaining our balance. It said, "Sometimes life is like that. Something unexpected upsets our routine, and we are knocked off balance. Perhaps its [someone hacking into your email account or a dead battery]." See? Sometimes life IS like that. But PRAISE GOD, that we have the ability (although we don't always recognize it) to praise Him in those situations. Another example of this is Greg's sister, Alicia, who just got in a really bad accident (not her fault), and it is going to take 4-6 weeks to fix her car, not to mention the huge amount of money involved. Now - that knocks you off balance. We are praying for her in this. We are praying that her eyes stay on God, not on the situation. It is like Peter when he wanted to walk on the water. he could do the impossible if he kept his eyes on Jesus, but as soon as he took his eyes off Jesus and looked at the circumstances around him - he started sinking. Life is like that too. If we look at all the (especially unexpected) situations around us, we will definitely sink. But if our eyes stay on Jesus - trusting Him for everything - we will not be swallowed by the situations. He will help us through them.

What a MIGHTY God we serve!!!!!