BBD 08.11.10 Can't Cope With That - Part 2 (New)

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08.11.10

Cant Cope With That - Part 2

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. - 1 Peter 4:7.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. - Isaiah 26:3.

Melodi Dushane had a cant cope with that moment back on New Years Day. It was early in the morning about 6:00am on January 1 of 2010 when Melodi lost it at a Toledo, Ohio McDonalds drive thru window. According to reports at this particular McDonalds, the drive thru is open 24-hours a day. However, they do stop serving the dinner menu and switch over to the breakfast menu at 2:30am. This is where Melodi had an issue with them because she wanted her McNuggets and they refused to give them to her. She attacked the McDonalds workers through the drive thru window eventually breaking out the window, and they attacked her trying to pull her through the window by her hair. Dushane was arrested, charged and convicted of vandalism, given 60 days jail time, three years of probation supervision, and a $1500 fine. Maybe it is just the McNuggets, because in Ft Peirce, Florida in March of this year a woman called 911 three times complaining about not getting her McNuggets. That woman was charged with misusing 911.

Few of us will ever be upset enough about our food order to lash out in anger at the restaurant employees or call 911 to complain about it. Let me rephrase that, few of us will ever lash out to the extent that we have our names all over the newspapers, TV, and Internet because of our anger over a food order. I have seen many unhappy people in restaurants because of their food order, and I have been a little unhappy about my food order before too. One time in particular I remember, although it was more hilarious than anything. We had waited for about an hour for my order when it was finally served. It was not what I had ordered, but I agreed for it to be substituted. As the server was placing my order on the table she commented, The smell of your food is making me sick! On the other side I have seen many food service workers treated terribly by those that they are serving.

Isnt it amazing that we can become so enraged by such really little things? Of course, the little things that cause us to have our cant cope with that moments are usually only the tip of the iceberg. Things have been building up in the lives of most people prior to their reaching the point where they actually lose it lashing out at those around them. How do we keep it from happening? How do we avoid those cant cope with that moments? It is helpful to keep things in perspective and the apostle Peter is speaking to that when he writes, the end of all things is at hand. The world may not end tomorrow but none of us know how long we have to live. In the great realm of living, dying, and eternity is that little thing that someone just did really of enough importance to lose it?

Peter also says that we should be serious in our prayers. There are more serious things, much more important things going on in life than not getting the order we wanted or the Chicken McNuggets. Not only should we delight in the Word of God as I wrote yesterday - we should also be praying seriously, watchfully everyday about everything and everyone in our lives.

Finally, to avoid those cant cope with that moments we should focus in upon our Lord Jesus Christ. He should be the focus in our lives, every minute, every hour, our minds should be stayed on Him. If we do that, we will be able to laugh off those little inconveniences of life or even big ones because we will be kept in perfect peace.

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of Gods Word to more than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails then the Burning Bush Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 1018 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

08.11.10

Cant Cope With That - Part 2

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. - 1 Peter 4:7.

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. - Isaiah 26:3.

Melodi Dushane had a cant cope with that moment back on New Years Day. It was early in the morning about 6:00am on January 1 of 2010 when Melodi lost it at a Toledo, Ohio McDonalds drive thru window. According to reports at this particular McDonalds, the drive thru is open 24-hours a day. However, they do stop serving the dinner menu and switch over to the breakfast menu at 2:30am. This is where Melodi had an issue with them because she wanted her McNuggets and they refused to give them to her. She attacked the McDonalds workers through the drive thru window eventually breaking out the window, and they attacked her trying to pull her through the window by her hair. Dushane was arrested, charged and convicted of vandalism, given 60 days jail time, three years of probation supervision, and a $1500 fine. Maybe it is just the McNuggets, because in Ft Peirce, Florida in March of this year a woman called 911 three times complaining about not getting her McNuggets. That woman was charged with misusing 911.

Few of us will ever be upset enough about our food order to lash out in anger at the restaurant employees or call 911 to complain about it. Let me rephrase that, few of us will ever lash out to the extent that we have our names all over the newspapers, TV, and Internet because of our anger over a food order. I have seen many unhappy people in restaurants because of their food order, and I have been a little unhappy about my food order before too. One time in particular I remember, although it was more hilarious than anything. We had waited for about an hour for my order when it was finally served. It was not what I had ordered, but I agreed for it to be substituted. As the server was placing my order on the table she commented, The smell of your food is making me sick! On the other side I have seen many food service workers treated terribly by those that they are serving.

Isnt it amazing that we can become so enraged by such really little things? Of course, the little things that cause us to have our cant cope with that moments are usually only the tip of the iceberg. Things have been building up in the lives of most people prior to their reaching the point where they actually lose it lashing out at those around them. How do we keep it from happening? How do we avoid those cant cope with that moments? It is helpful to keep things in perspective and the apostle Peter is speaking to that when he writes, the end of all things is at hand. The world may not end tomorrow but none of us know how long we have to live. In the great realm of living, dying, and eternity is that little thing that someone just did really of enough importance to lose it?

Peter also says that we should be serious in our prayers. There are more serious things, much more important things going on in life than not getting the order we wanted or the Chicken McNuggets. Not only should we delight in the Word of God as I wrote yesterday - we should also be praying seriously, watchfully everyday about everything and everyone in our lives.

Finally, to avoid those cant cope with that moments we should focus in upon our Lord Jesus Christ. He should be the focus in our lives, every minute, every hour, our minds should be stayed on Him. If we do that, we will be able to laugh off those little inconveniences of life or even big ones because we will be kept in perfect peace.

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on Godtube at: connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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