When Will I Learn?

Little M was had a marvelously green, stringy nose this morning, so hubby volunteered to stay home from church with him this morning. The other 3 kidlings and I trundled off to church, just as the snow was beginning. We live in a place with many different little ecosystems it seems- it will be snowing here, but not there, raining there but not here, etc. The drive home (about 20 minutes) was really clear until we got about a 1/2 mile from our house- we turned the corner and ended up in a beautiful winter wonderland! Beautiful until I attempted to manouveur the mini van up our hill, while my kids, either oblivious to spinning tires or too confident in my driving skills, began to fight, whine and tattle. That was only momentarily because I yelled "Quiet!!! I'm on ice and we could slide off the road and die!!!" The hush that fell over the van was truly admirable, and we got to the top without too much further trouble...until we tried to stop to turn into the driveway and just kept sliding on by..... This time the soundtrack accompanying this stunt was "God, stop us, God stop us, God stop us". Then I gave the kids the follow warning: " I am just gonna have to put us on bank!" and turned the slide that way, effectively stopping the van. Now, to prevent you all from commenting on how I kept my cool and how we narrowly missed death, I should tell you we were going MAYBE 20 km/hr, and the bank was the grass that grows on the side of the road. Still, a little excitement for our morning. Now that I was home, my nimble mind was already planning how to get back in for our church dinner and Christmas concert later. Since my husband was in a very bad accident a year and a half ago, his stance on bad roads is to just not chance it- to stay home. The problem was that 3 of our kids were in the production and I wanted to get them there. It sounded like the roads were ok everywhere else, so I was very frustrated. I decided that I should respect my hubby's wishes, after many phone calls, weather reports, discussions, etc, and announced to him that the the dinner/concert was an outreach meant for God's glory, and He would figure it out! I then marched inside to make cookies and got a phone call a bit later from my SIL telling me that the whole thing had been cancelled and postponed as now the driving conditions were unsafe everywhere. See, I spent about an hour fretting and wanting to change the weather. God figured it out, no problem. I am getting better at letting go and letting God, maybe next time I won't waste even an hour worrying.

Matt 6<strong> 25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life [e]?

28 "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.