Take me out to the ballgame....where JW is going to be the starting pitcher this morning against Will Carlton Academy. He's very nervous, this morning after breakfast he just sat in the chair and looked straight ahead. I think he may even be as nervous as his daddy! We'll see how he does. Today I have to get some mulch and buy myself a mothers day gift...a new weed eater. My mother in law is coming on Monday and I've got to make sure we're looking good for her! We're off and running...
It was a situation I glossed over. I didn’t have to deal with it every single day but it was often enough for me to go to my Bible study group and submit it as a prayer request. They would listen to me and invariably one or two of them would tell me, “You’ve got to take care of that. Get rid of it.” I knew I should, but I didn’t want to face the conflict and I was fearful of the consequences. Life would not be the same. I would have to find other avenues to fill the void that the resolution would create. So instead of facing it once and for all, I worked around it. I figured out ways to deal with it. My work was suffering because of it, but I kept making excuses that it would get better over time. If I just kept feeding the monster, it would be satisfied, and things would work out. But that’s not what happened. I had sleepless nights of worry; I was short-tempered and spent a lot of time wringing my hands and waiting for a better result. Before you start ...
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