Trying to be upbeat on the beatdown

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Life isn't easy for anybody these days and I'm mindful that even in the chaos, God's peace is available to all of His children.  I'm badly in need of it today.  

Who isn't, though?

One of the problems I have is that I tend to over-think things sometimes.  Something happened to me the other day that I'd been spending way too much time trying to figure out just exactly what was behind what happened.  I'll never know and thanks to a friendly reminder from above today, I don't need to.  A little Facebook post brought me back to reality.  The gist of the post was that some of y'all need to quit trying to understand everything and just let God.  

I stood among the guilty.  It's not that I don't have faith or trust God, it's just that the thing kinda messed with me a little bit and I was trying to figure out just exactly what it meant.  In reality, it probably meant nothing.  

There are all kinds of things that mess with our peace.  That one got into my kitchen for a minute.  It happens.  Today's verse of the day reminded me that God's peace is available in all circumstances.  So I gave that thing to God, gave thanks for what is, and found peace again.

Today, I got to play Mr. Fix-it again, and I forgot to write down which wires went into which holes.  I know, but if you don't use skills, they get rusty.  The part I was changing on a truck did not come with everything to just replace it.  I had to figure out how the pins came out of the connector on the old part and install the 3 wires into the connector on the new part.  Fortunately, I found a picture of this very thing online and it clearly showed which wire went where.  I guess I got distracted for a minute, but I got the thing installed and the power locks on the truck work again.  Busy hands are happy hands.

The chairs are on the deck.  They turned out nice.  The garage is cleaned out.  The spare room is cleaned out (still have some stuff in boxes) for house guests this weekend.  I like that this is turning into a gathering place.  It's nice.  

Even through these things, there was peace in the day.  I got chores done so me and the dog spent an hour at the beach this afternoon.  It was too beautiful not to go.  The beach is a great place to get calm.  The waves are soothing.  It's never a bad day when you're just out enjoying God's creation.

I'm amazed how God looks after me.  I still have some things on my heart that just are what they are.  But I got something I needed today.  I'm blessed.  And upbeat.

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