There have been so many things cropping up lately.  Mostly, just dumb, stupid insignificant little things that I shouldn’t really let bother me.  But…being the soft-hearted, sensitive person that I am, everything goes straight through me!  I am also the type of person that gets very upset when there is injustice or wrongdoing of any kind!  I get frustrated when I’m paying for a product or service and get jipped!  I get upset when people say things that are mean and hurtful for no apparent reason or even for ‘good’ reason!  Lately, I really have just been letting myself get whipped around in the wind like a bitty little sailboat!  And boy-howdy, do I feel it!

I’m learning some things from this, and I want to share them with you and perhaps spare you some of the stumbling that I’ve already done!

Thursday, there was a shooting threat at a local high school.  It’s not my son’s school, but that doesn’t minimize the severity of it all!  At this particular school, there have been racial attacks by the children as well as parents toward African American CHILDREN!  Come on!  What day and age are we living in?  Are we not at the very least civilized?  People are just people!  This infuriates me!  Color…race…upbringing…gender…income level…none of these define the type of person each of us is!  I know a ton of nasty people of all sorts of makes and models!

Well, I won’t go there…

Thing is, times have changed, times are changing every day.  And not necessarily for the better in some cases!  Times are getting very desperate!  Is it not insane to you that your kids aren’t safe at school?  Is it not insane that kids are killing other kids?  Is it not insane that adults are killing kids?  That precious, precious life, which some of us labored 17 + hours to create, means nothing to some?

When you step outside of yourself for just a minute and take a look at this decay, hatred, desperation and SIN around you, some of the things we let bother us seem very trivial!

Already this week, the sin from this world has taken hold of my family and threatens to not let go!  The lives of our unsaved loved ones are so dark and lonely.  It is hard on those trying to help, because we continue to be shut out, hated, avoided, ignored or even mocked for our beliefs!  And not by ‘the world’ but by family!

Amidst all of this, we need to step back…prioritize…change perspective…praise God in Heaven for our blessings and choose each and every battle carefully!  I could loose my bloomin’ mind tackling everything that comes my way every day!  Some days, I attempt to and I feel like I’ll explode by 2pm!  We can’t live like this girls!  God doesn’t expect us to!  He certainly doesn’t promise us an easy road, but He promises to lighten our load – if we will let Him!

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  [Philippians 4:6]