When I am alone in the camper trailer there are few instances when I actually laugh out loud, however this morning I found myself hysterically funny and had a good belly laugh. In the past when I would drag myself home from teaching all day physically and emotionally exhausted, I would fantasize about being in the middle of nowhere in a small dwelling with nothing to do. This morning I caught myself complaining in my head about being in the middle of nowhere in this little RV with nothing to do. I remembered my fantasy and thus the giggle.
I have to admit that God has given me what I wanted. He seems to want my happiness and thus grants my small requests. But I worry about how God will use me. I attach circumstance, people or places to my worries of whether God will use me or not. So I worry when I think I may not be where I'm supposed to be. Worry, worry, worry. Well here is what I read in Phillip Yancey's daily readings from Grace Notes this morning. "Wealth, poverty, comfort, suffering, acceptance, rejection, even death or life---none of these circumstances matter much to Paul. Only one thing matters ultimately: the surpassing goal of exalting Christ, a goal that can be accomplished in any set of circumstances." I am comforted and overjoyed. All I have to do is allow God to direct my life and trust He knows what to do with me. My job is to exault Christ no matter what. Big smile.
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