The Messy "me" moments!

 

We all have those moments where something goes wrong

or we don't get our way. 

We become a complete emotional mess,

or we act in such anger & haste. 

Or is it just me?? Lol ;) 

Haste is often the Devil's trap to get us moving too quickly and catch us in an unprayerful, unguarded moment. 

Well I recently had one of those messy moments. 

I couldn't find my iPhone, after my sister &

I helped my Mema 

(Grandma, Moms side) 

clean off her porch of snow! 

Sister shoveling, 

& I vigorously sweeping ;) 

You can imagine the stress I was under...

All that snow & my cell might be buried underneath it.

(At least 6-8 inches deep) 

Of course, I can't call it. 

Because, my ringer is off once again. 

Hmm...what to do, what to do?? 

Proverbs 14:29b  

"He that is hasty of spirit exalts foolishness." 

Me being me, I start to freak out. 

(Remember this is the phone 

I am supposed to have for another 

2 years with my contract...

You cannot, I repeat cannot lose it!!) 

So I start looking around all over my

Mema's house in a very-hasty, frustrated manner. 

I then yell at my sister to go out & start searching for it in the snow

I then got my Mom & Mema searching out there too. 

We are now ALL looking for my missing iPhone. 

Haste also causes us to say & do unloving things which we often, later regret.

Me still being me, begin to get even more frustrated

& hastily keep kicking snow around

to see if my phone fell into it... 

Still no sign of Mr. iPhone. 

I then walk up the back porch stairs & hear my Mema say out-loud 

(in a peaceful & very calm voice) 

"Okay Lord, 

Where is Kerrington's phone??" 

That went right into my heart. 

I love how prayer was her 1st instinct. 

While mine was to freak & get everyone looking for it. 

She simply stopped, laid the entire

stressful-situation down at his feet 

& asked for his guidance & his divine help. 

(Now why didn't I think of that!?!) 

Haste is sometimes the result of angry impatience, 

which is a lack of faith.

We are now, still looking around & 

I am getting more emotional as each second ticks by. 

My mom then suggests us to go home

& check around the house.

"Maybe you dropped it in our driveway!"

 My mom said with 

such a positive attitude. 

As I plopped my super-frustrated,

stressed-out self into the front passenger seat,

I looked into the centre counsel

& there laid my missing iPhone. 

It had been their all along!! 

What a messy "me" moment, 

that was!! 

Follow the Lord and let Him lead instead of

 acting impulsively or 

in haste. 

I definitely learned a lesson that day & it was to

 Never act in haste!

Thanks for reading, 

About my very messy me moment ;) 

Until next time, 

 

~Kerrington