Do you love to annoy people? I especially love to annoy #Hottoddy. Because it’s fun. I mean, I know most couples love to annoy their spouse because “you are so cute when you’re mad” right? He just loves it when I ask him “but did you pray?” about whatever is consuming his thoughts. He finds this to be a terrible annoyance that just won’t end. Kind of like “this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends” lol. I just can’t help but ask that question when someone is concerned with life. Probably forget to ask myself that though. Oops! Funny how that works isn’t it? There are times in our lives when we are confronted with the reality that we are not in control of the world around us. As much as I would like to think that I am in control of every area of my life (do you see the eyes rolling in the back of my head?), the reality is, I am not. And from time to time the seasons and circumstances surrounding me remind me of that fact. Just look at 2020 and the current chaos. Need I say more? We didn’t bring this on.
Todd and I do not slot out hours to endlessly pray over everyone and everything. We don’t even pray together daily but we do pray together. I love it when we pray together because it brings us closer together and brings a shared intimacy you cannot get any other way, not even with sex. There I said it. Boom! If you know me... you know why I said that. When my kids were littles and we prayed as a family, I would try to make them stay quiet and reverent because that’s how you showed God respect. Or was it? Then they would laugh and play… because, ya know, that’s what kids do. One night I was hushing them as spiritually as I could… cough cough… probably not sounding very spiritual… God showed me He created the laughter and the fun. He enjoyed it while we were praying. We DON’T have to be somber and solemn to show respect. This little piece of information rocked my world! It changed everything for our family and how I look at my relationship with God and prayer altogether. So… enjoy your prayer time… it doesn’t have to be all super serious. You don't have to keep playing hide n seek. This will help when you are dealing with chaos. Because He knows.
Fast forward to today, I don’t have littles surrounding me, my life is full and extremely busy. The world around me is currently the picture of disorganization, uncertainty, and has no order. There is confusion, emptiness, and waste. And it is filled with darkness. We are surrounded by chaos. Side Note: This reminds me of the scripture in Genesis when God spoke the world into existence. It makes me excited to think He is about to speak again and put Chaos in his place. It also sounds like my life on some days. But chaos doesn’t have to be a part of our lives. Trust me, I get it, there are things that life throws at you out of nowhere and knocks you off the pedestal. Isn’t it nice if we can ever get on the pedestal let alone stay up there? I love it when ladies call themselves queens, princesses and goddesses… it’s just nothing I could call myself. I never figured out how to get up on the pedestal. Probably because I was focused on chaos. But why was he more important than God? #Hottoddy? My family? He wasn’t. Yet, with enough disruption, my focus was on what I envisioned as the blistering meltdown of the world around me.
If you feel your world is spinning out of control and full of chaos, you can do something. I know, trust me, more than you will ever know, I get it. You don’t want to hear that you can do something… you just want it to all go away… or be all melodramatic and overreact. It happens. My choice way to get through it was to ignore it... after all the over the top antics of course. I mean, if I didn’t acknowledge it, it wasn’t there, right?! I used to crawl inside my big beautiful purple bubble and would get away from everything. It was so nice in there. And there are times I look for that beautiful bubble to climb into. Back to reality… what can you do? Well… ya know I’m gonna say to pray, read your Bible, and listen to wonderful amazing praise/worship/dance music (this is my go to)… because… that is how we find peace. Slow down and smell the roses… life will be there tomorrow. Focus on what you can control and let the rest of it go. I remember when I was in my early 30s thinking when someone told me “just to forget about it” or “let it go”… I was dumbfounded because I didn’t know how. Today when I pass on this information, I always want you to know that it is easier said than done and you do have to work at it. Just in case you didn’t know, you have to do something... change just doesn't happen on its own. It took me some time to get through that… You know back in my cray cray days it took forever to get that through this thick skull. Refusing to acknowledge the truth does not affect the truth. Truth is truth. It really grinds my gears when I hear “my truth” or “your truth”… there is no such thing. Anyway, how we perceive truth can affect how we live. The truth is that evil spirits roam this earth – and they’re looking for someone to latch onto. Sometimes, not all the time, the chaos surrounding you is spiritual. I named him Chaos… then, I kid you not, one afternoon while the kids were at school and Todd was working, I went into a spiritual meltdown of prayer. I was a crazy woman! I took out a broom and beat the devil out of him. Literally. I used that broom to hit the floor, the fireplace, the wall, the couch… It went on until I felt I had a spiritual release. My life was forever changed that afternoon. You need to make yourself “greasy”, so any spirit looking to latch on can’t hold on. Here’s how... remember that they look for a human host, they create chaos and they are tenacious. They will not give up easily. You need to beat the snot out of them with a spiritual breakthrough. Clean it up and then you have to keep sweeping or it just gets worse. Not all chaos in your life is spiritual. Sometimes it’s spiritual but sometimes it’s just our stupid. It was my stupid a lot. But once I had the spiritual breakthrough… the stupid became less and less.
This is my go to currently… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TOPBr8k8xY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3u5_zqfpJZrjKvW2v2kh_f5FODdrT7Uhiuct0YNxYUHfgbGuZBU6k-M0w
If you were to listen to this and listen to Tauren Wells talk about how He has never lost a battle… but He also never wastes a battle. At the end, he talks about the battle of Jericho, and this is my favorite part, he says that some scholars say when the walls of Jericho fell they made ramps down into the city. I haven’t studied it but I don’t even care because I know that is how my God works. The thing that was designed to keep you out, the chaos, will be used to get you in. It's a bridge to your future. It's a bridge to your destiny through HIm. He brings glory to Himself through us with all situations. I would say embrace it, pray about it, learn from it, and send Mr. Chaos packing with prayer, dancing, and a broom.
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