This weekend hubby and I helped take a group of teenagers to a youth conference in Phoenix, AZ. Picture four adults and 27 teenagers, loud and screaming. Picture a few thousand teenagers pushed into the Dodge Theater, complete with concerts, bible study, drama, etc…and you get a better view of our weekend. Picture taking these same youth walking the streets of Phoenix to share their faith while they collect can goods for the Phoenix Rescue Mission; praying and talking with complete strangers about their relationships with Christ. An amazing weekend, indeed! We were blessed, even with the lack of sleep and craziness of the weekend.
Sunday, as we headed home exhausted from our weekend, we stopped at a gas station to fill up the vans and grab snack for the trip home. As I was about to climb into my van with my drinks, I managed to drop one of them. Glass and juice shattered everywhere! I kind of stood there for a minute in shock, laughed, and then headed back into the gas station to find someone with a broom to help clean up the shattered glass. When I got to the counter I explained to the clerk what had happened. A lady next to me exclaimed, "She really did; I saw her! If it had been me, I would have been mad and cussing, but I noticed her because she dropped it with joy!"
"Dropped it with Joy!"
As I drove home, I continued to think about what the lady had said. Dropped it with Joy! And then, I started thinking, "What if we dropped those things we need to let go of, those little (and big) things that God wants us to let go of…what if we just dropped them with joy?"
Too often, we struggle enough with just letting go and giving to God. I visualize a prayer box. Once we give those over to God, we are not supposed to take them back right? Yet, too often we continue to worry and fret and even try and take them back! What if, instead, we just dropped them in with joy! Instead of continuing to worry, we should rejoice that God is in control. Maybe then, we could look forward to just dropping the heavy stuff with joy in our hearts, knowing that God is in control and willing to carry that load for us!
I SO love that story! I wish I could incorporate that into my mind right now, 5 minutes after my husband dropped and shattered one of the glass lids of the new pots and pans I bought on Saturday. Hmmm.
Ok, I’m over it. It’s just STUFF! 🙂
I went to a homeschool conference this weekend. Todd Wilson was the keynote speaker. He said something that has really stuck with me. When we worry and fret we are teaching our children that God is not to be trusted. Oh how that convicted me! “Drop it with joy”…another phrase that will stick with me….thanks!