A year ago, I bought myself the “Starting your day right” devotion book by Joyce Meyer. I must admit I haven’t read much of it the last 3 months, until today.
This has been a pretty tough week with my boys. Summers are hard in general, but those weeks without ANYTHING on our schedule, and the kids’ behavior going downhill fast, are really challenging. Today was pretty rotten, and I was feeling sorry for myself. So I picked up my devotion book as soon as the boys were in their rooms for their daily “down time”.
July 19th, God must have known! Today’s teaching was perfect to get me out of my pity party:
James 1:12 says “Blessed is the (wo)man who is patient under trials and stands up under temptation, for when (s)he has stood the test and been approved, (s)he will receive the victor’s crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.”
Don’t get upset if somebody gives you a hard time today. (Bwahahahah) Don’t get upset if you don’t get your way or if somebody says or does something you don’t like (BWAHAHAHAH). If you are set up for an upset, stay stable – it’s only a test.
I rest my case!
Now where did I put those stable pills?
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