Having a Bad Day

         Does anyone remember the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst? Yeah? Well that's exactly how I felt today. First my alarm went off too early and I couldn't get back to sleep. Which would have been fine if I wasn't so terribly tired from a new medication I'm taking. Well, I got up and showered, then I left to my job. I say my job because my work is what I do with Today's Disciples, God's work. Anyway, work was stressful and very physically demanding. The lack of sleep was really starting to get to me. My wife picked up Nikkie, our daughter, from school. Then came and got me from work, I could barely keep my eyes open on the way home. Once I got home I opened our finance information on the computer to discover we had an unexpected set back. When I say unexpected set back I mean this was a huge loss financially for us, nearly crippling our savings account. The stress sank in as i stared blankly at the computer screen. I told my wife about the issue and she said, "we've been better and we've been worse, so we'll make it through just fine". I felt some relief, until my sister got home. My sister Britni lives with us temporarily. She needed my help moving her belongings into storage tomorrow. Now I don't mind helping my sister at all, she does a lot for us. The problem was I have a full schedule tomorrow and my fatigue was catching up to me. I told her I would help though, no problem. When it comes to helping others, especially family, we should do all we can and more. As the bible states in Mathew 25:40 I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for
 Me. After making the promise to my sister, I suddenly recalled that tomorrow is parent teacher conferences.

Having a family of six makes this a challenge. I began feeling overwhelmed again. I have so much to do this week with so little time. Feeling tired and nauseous wasn't helping either. Then I did what I should've done in the first place. I told my wife how I was feeling and we prayed together. After praying we started reading The Bible until the perfect verse found us. We read Mathew 6:25"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 than food, and the body more than clothes?" I went back into prayer asking God to forgive me for not laying it all at his feet. It was the perfect reminder to keep perspective on what's truly important, and to trust God fully. I can say that I am blessed, I have a beautiful and supportive family, I have food, I have water, I have shelter, and I have clothes. God gives me all I need and more. In this short life let us remember what is truly important and never lose sight of it. Let's pray for determination, courage, and faith.

P.s  Included is a photo of my (Josh's) siblings, from left to right we have Britni, Jathan, Jace, and then me.