Fixin' It

*A picture post will follow soon but this was just on my heart so I wanted to share.

When things go wrong, don't you feel so out of control? And don't most of us want to fix the problem. This was something that came up in conversation earlier this week. I was speaking with someone that had lost someone special to them. They were so upset because they couldn't fix this problem. You cannot get back someone that has died. As I thought about our conversation, I recalled feeling the same way when we lost Hannah-banana. It occured to me that nothing about that situation needed to be fixed but ME. Hannah is in Heaven; she is just great. God still loved me and had not left me. Yet, I rejected His offer of mercy & grace because I felt something needed to be "fixed" because I wasn't in control. I still do that. I have such control issues and when I can't "fix" (control) them I get mad which causes me to sin. As I was thinking through all this I started thinking: I put myself through such turmoil and grief. I do this. No one else makes me in a bad mood. I decide to be in the bad mood. I can choose my mood. It's such an easy thing. Give it to God. Choose His Joy. I am trying to do this. Pray for me!