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09.06.11

His Calm

This devotional was written by my son, Clark Wrather, who is the pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma (He has been the pastor
there for eleven years.).

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"
And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. - Mark 4:29.

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 you're a man and
don't know where things are, it's 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 wouldn't 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 couldn't get my key to work right then
either. It wouldn't 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
we'll just take a deep breath and a good look around the whole situation, we'll
save ourselves a great deal of embarrassment.

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