Divine Laughter (and Head Slapping)

This past week I have had a head cold and I spent most of the week sitting around the house watching psych and feeling lethargic and icky.  Today I was almost better, but still not quite up to par.  I was, however, bound and determined to go to church, so I set my alarm and got up and got ready.  By the time that I had finished my routine, I was ready to go—right back to curled up in bed.  But I willed myself to keep going and got into the car and on my way to church.  My lethargy, however, slowed me down significantly, so I was running late to church.  As I was about five minutes out from church and already ten minutes late, I began to complain, both about being late and about how crummy I was feeling.  I did not get very far in my whining when Philippians 2:14 popped into my head: “Do all things without grumbling or arguing.”  Of course, I complained a bit about that too, but I gave in and stopped complaining and instead found something to praise God for in that moment (the command to give thanks in all things also popped into my head).  Once I got to church, I forgot about the incident.  That is, I forgot about it until the sermon got going.  Yeah, today’s sermon was on thankfulness.  And on not complaining.  Apparently God decided that this is something I need to be paying more attention to, and that I need to really start working on.  Also, God has a sense of humor and a great way of timing lessons to make them stick.  J

~Sarah