Just Too Much Stuff in Our Heads!
One of our granddaughters (GRD) had just petted a black bunny rabbit in a pet store and was
in a crisis. Riding home in the van, she
cried for 15 minutes desperately trying to convince her mother, “I don’t want
to wash my hands. I don’t ever want to
wash off the bunny. I want to feel it
forever and remember it forever. (Sob) I want that black bunny…Stop laughing
Mom!” One hour later…”I feel like I
should be able to have my own things now.
I feel like I should be married now.”
Her Mother, “Oh yeah…” GRD,
“Yeah, because I am the oldest one. So,
I am old and young. And I should be able
to have my own bunny now.” Her younger sister, “Why are you still
talking about this? You are killing
me!” GRD, “You are killing ME!” Younger Sister, “You’re the one who
won’t stop talking about a black bunny”.
GRD, “There is just too much
stuff going on in my head right now, the bunny, math, 5 and 10s, clean the
cage, feed the dog, feed the fish, feed the hamster, there is too much in my
head, I can’t handle it!”
Sometimes as missionaries we’re just like my granddaughter…too much stuff in our heads! In those times of insanity, we need to find
our peace in Jesus. As Isaiah 26:3 (TLB)
says, “He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in Him whose thoughts
turn often to the Lord!” Whatever your
black bunny crisis is put it in right perspective as you turn your thoughts
often to Jesus.
