Sticky Situations

I ran into a gal the other day who was having a pretty tough week.It started when her toddler poured his giant glass of chocolate milk into her purse. She caught a glimmer of hope the day she realized it was her anniversary. But that was dashed when her husband brought home a Chia Abe Lincoln for her anniversary gift. (Let's see... there's the paper anniversary... there's silver... there's gold... which one is "Chia"?) She thought it probably couldn't get any worse when she ended the week having to cut gum out of her preschooler's hair. Then she woke up the next morning and had to cut her preschooler's gum out of her own hair.

We all have days- sometimes weeks- with a little more "challenge" to them. We get to decide if we're going to let those troubles "gum up" our spiritual lives or if we're going to let those troublesome things work to build good things into our lives. Romans 5:3 says, "We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary- we can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!" (The Message) We don't need to let miscellaneous Chia happenings make us feel shortchanged. Stay alert for whatever God wants to do next.

You might want to also stay alert for gum blobs hanging from your bangs.

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Rhonda Rhea writes for dozens of Christian publications and speaks at conferences and events across the country. You can find her newest books, "Soup for the Soul-Tastes Just Like Chicken", and "Amusing Grace", at your local Christian bookstore. "Who Put the Cat in the Fridge-Serving Up Hope and Hilarity Family Style", will be available in March. Rhonda's husband, Richie Rhea, is a pastor in Troy, Missouri. You can reach them through her Web site.