It's been a week of wonder.
Wondering why someone used an overabundance of cement glue, now fossilized on our bathroom wall, to adhere the peach, tuliped wallpaper. Wondering how we will ever get it all off or if we will. Wondering how many days I can spend focusing on said glue, without coming unglued.
Wondering if my son will have good weather for driving from New York to home in a couple days. Wondering what meals to plan for family, who will be joining us over Labor Day weekend to celebrate his homecoming. Wondering how our other son is doing so many miles away in California. Wondering when I will see him again.
Wondering if we'll get our fall schedule in order. Wondering when the back ordered psychology text and workbook will arrive for Fash. Wondering if Algebra 2 is the very thing upon which life or death hangs. Wondering where or when or why.....
Wondering how words can be such a friend and yet, foe- in their usage. Wondering why I have more words than I.T.. Wondering when to supply words and when to wait. Wondering how to listen without having the last word.
All this wondering can make me kind of crazy. I get restless wondering how things are going to turn out.
This is why I need my counselor, Jesus. I wake up every morning and I surrender all to him. He gives me strength to take each moment with a step of faith, to trust him with details and lean on his everlasting goodness. I do not wander in the wilderness of self-effort any longer, but reside in the promised land where the wonder is in the fact of his great love for me. The wonder is in the faithfulness he has shown to me over all the years of my life, even when I did not serve him. The wonder is in the peacefulness of a heart that abides in him.
His name is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. If you need a pocketful of peace today, just give a little jingle to Jesus. You don't need a cell phone or instant messaging- just cry out with your heart- he actually hears that and responds.
Blessings!
10 comments:
Heidi,
You are right on this topic. I also find myself wondering and thinking about work and where I need to be or what I need to do the next day or week. I find myself when sleeping doing this all night long. It is weird because when I start wondering about things when sleeping, my body temperature rises making me so hot I cannot sleep anymore.
Remembering to give my stresses and wondering of things I cannot control over to God can instantly take off all of my stress.
It is a constant struggle to remember to give it all to God, for he knows all and I am a simple servant for him.
Thanks for reminding me!
Steve,
Bless your heart. I took the wall paper down in my kitchen several years ago....and I swear it was "SUPER-GLUED" to the walls. I tried "everything" and thought I would never get it off. In the end I had to sand the walls before we could begin again. I HATE WALL PAPER. I know we are not suppose to hate, but it was a horrid experience and at the end of the day I was laying flat on my face before the LORD repenting for my attitude.
Hope you have a much easier time than I....blessings and prayers, andrea
Heidi,
I am sorry you are still having those challenges with your wallpaper. It's like I told you yesterday, it's one of those things created by the enemy! Hell will probable be decorated with all of kinds of things like wallpaper and velvet paintings of dogs playing poker. Some things were just never meant to be.
I hate those days where you spend all this time worrying but I have been doing a whole lot less of that once I learned how it escalates.
I just give it to God and don't take it back.
Love and Hugs ~ Kat
That's very encouraging, Heidi. I loved getting a peek into your thoughts, also!
Thanks gals, these comments are therapy for me today. Andrea described above EXACTLY how it is going w/the blasted wallpaper. Speaking of blasted, I did daydream about throwing a grenade at the wall. And Kat with her "wallpaper is of the devil" statement. Yes! I do believe it is.
Heidi
What a WONDERFUL post! I wonder often myself, followed by much, much pondering. He has that affect on His own, for truly everything is deeper and richer because He lives.
About that wallpaper? I recall we had a similar problem some years ago, and Lowe's or Home Depot sold us a concoction we rolled or painted onto the old paper. Several hours later we just scraped it off. It was pretty gooey and messy, but it did come off. But the grenades would sure do the trick too.
Let us know how it goes ... We'll be wondering!
Be blessed,
Kathleen
I'm a wonderer to, and so glad I don't have to contend with wallpaper. But I would help you if I lived nearby. :)
"The wonder is in the faithfulness he has shown to me over all the years of my life, even when I did not serve him."
Amen!
With all your wondering, I started singing the old song "I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder, Oh, ah, who wrote the book of love?" And the funny thing is, while the lyrics don't say it, Jesus is who really did write the book on love, didn't he?
Wonderful wonderings! Sounds like my mind alot! Love the last wonder though - His love for me! I love to wonder in his wonder!
Great post. You & I are such similar creatures. Your paragraph on I.T. and speaking-- could have been me & the Mr. I have been trying to jump in less. And you are right, this is one battle we can't fight alone! Happy weekend! (Hope the bathroom comes together for you.)
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