BBD 06.26.03 His Calm
Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>
Todays devotional was written by my son, Clark Wrather, who is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Clark may be contacted at fbcbb@pine-net.com. The Scripture and title have been added.
(Over 8,000 subscribers in 75 countries) 06.26.03
His Calm
A few weeks ago I was back in my hometown. While there, one evening I had to run to Wal-Mart to get a few things. I had been on the road all day and I was really tired by 9:00 pm when I pulled into the parking lot.
I ran in and did my shopping as fast as possible, but when youre a man and dont know where things are, its not all that fast. Eventually, I had everything I needed, checked out and headed for my car in the parking lot.
When I got to the car, I put my key in the door, but it wouldnt turn. This made me a little worried. On the way down, I had stopped at Crossroads Mall in OKC. When I came back to my car, I couldnt get my key to work right then either. It wouldnt turn over the ignition until I had jiggled it around for about 10 minutes.
I thought that my key must be damaged or something. The same key not only starts the car, but also opens the doors. Anyway, I stared jiggling the key all around. I would shake it this way and that way. I would twist it back and forth and back and forth. After 10 minutes of this, I was about to lose it. After 15 minutes, I did. I dropped my sacks and used both hands to move that key around. I even started having a conversation with my Explorer about what a good for nothing car it had been. I may have even been yelling.
During this tirade, I was shaking my head back and forth and one time when I did, I noticed another forest green explorer just a few spaces down. I thought to myself, no way . I gathered up my sacks and went to try the other Explorer. Of course, my key slid right in and opened that door right up.
Before I could get in, I had to look over to the people that had been in the parking lot who had seen me verbally abuse this other car and then walk over to a different one. I just raised my voice a bit and said, hey, both of them were forest green!
In life there are often times when we are tempted to lose it. Usually, if well just take a deep breath and a good look around the whole situation, well save ourselves a great deal of embarrassment.
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