I feel like Alexander in saying that today was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The only good part really was going to the variety show and listening to some awesome music but yeah. Got to music theory class today and we got our tests back. Welll.....a "C" wasn't exactly what I was looking for. The stupid part is it was a bunch of stupid mistakes. It's not like I don't know how to do this stuff. Then I go to my next class. Forgot to print off my notes so pretty much tuned out the whole thing. Get that test back and get a "B-" still not what I was looking for. So I go back to my room and it's a mess and with little motivation to do anything, I escape reality as I know it and fly in the colors of my music. To top it all off it really hurts to chew on my left side and I hopefully getting the wisdom teeth out will help.
Phew.
Ok.
In spite of all this "crap" if you will, I was walking to the music building to practice violin when I passed the rock garden. There were at least four birds taking their afternoon baths in the small stream chirping up a storm. Immediately Matthew 6:26 came to my mind:
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Now I'm not gonna lie. I still was upset most of the day, ok all of the day, but I found it profound that I took the path I normallly didn't take to music, and happen across this fiesta for birds in the stream. I know that I don't have to worry myself sick about stuff like this because God provides. He provides a way to cope no matter what hurts we have. I will never be given more than I can handle.
So what am I trying to say?
Be at peace.
Thank you. I needed to read this. I needed the reminder. God is cool like that. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, what dentist do you go to? One of Joshua's wisdom teeth has been bothering him lately. :(
I love that passage, too, in Matthew. Sometimes I think it would be nice to be a bird for a day or two. All what they have to do is look for something to eat and fly around all day. But then I remember that all of our fretting and worrying won't add a minute to our lives and that most of the things that we get all worked up about are not really big issues.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you get some good rest and that you rest in His peace this weekend! :)