Out Of Sorts.

Life has a way of throwing off our balance. Each and every one of us has "one of those days". Made worse when they line up consecutively as the week progresses. We try to refresh. We try to regroup. And some days we still miss the mark and simply fail to get things together. Or at least maintain the appearance that we have things together.

Frustrating matters.
Worrisome and troubling things.
Challenging people
Difficult circumstances.
Impossible odds.
Annoyances and inconveniences that are minor on their own, yet major when they accumulate.

It amazes me the things which we allow to get under our skin, and rub and irritate us to the point that we become a robber of someone else' joy and the hijacker of their day. There is no further proof needed than browsing Facebook for a few minutes. Or Twitter if you only can spare a few seconds.

All of that too say, on any given day, we have no clue what someone's battle may involve. Who knows what worry has kept them up, what burden has weighed them down, what treasure has been stolen, what dream has been crushed. Are we all not battered, beaten and bruised from the words and decisions of others that have negatively impacted us; to say nothing of the decisions and self-talk with which we have caused self-affliction to our own hearts, minds and spirits?

God help us all in such cases; especially those not simply solved by more water, a good meal, more caffeine and a good sleep.

Pray, this #deaconThursday, for grace, in times where leadership struggles to lead. Whatever the battles, pray for strength to endure and vision to overcome. May their spirits be renewed that they would not quit, nor their hearts exhausted that they would fall early. Pray God would lift up their heads; that they may see from His vantage point, rather than the trouble that lies before them. Pray that confusion would give way to clarity and the storms calmed as Christ speaks peace into their lives.

For we are not identified by our days
But by what God has declared over our days
Speaking order to the chaos
For the glory of God.

- PNC