Yeah well, I had some disagreeable things plop into my life over the last few days. Nothing monumental…nothing life shattering…just left a bad taste in my mouth. O.C. hit the nail on my head this a.m. in today’s devotional, “The Habit Of Enjoying The Disagreeable”. Yuck!Here is the question that did it for me, ‘Do I manifest the essential sweetness of the Son of God, or the essential irritation of ‘myself’ apart from Him?’ Oh, I’d say I was far from sweet yesterday. Irritable, yes, that describes me to a tee.
The next statement that O.C. makes is pushing things a bit too far: No matter how disagreeable a thing may be, say - "Lord, I am delighted to obey Thee in this matter." Whew, I do desire to have ‘that’ response to the strings that tug at me.
One of the last disagreeable things that intruded my day was…as I was cleaning off the bar in the kitchen, a solitary key fell off the shelf down into my scentsy candle. Leather wax went everywhere. I dug the key out of the jar and proceeded to play with the wax. I took a gospel tract (sorry, Jose) and began to scrape the now cooled wax off of the counter, the wall, the phone, the key, the side of the jar...just then I saw two dead flies covered in wax lying on the counter. Euwwaaa!
Had this key NOT plopped down into my candle then I’d still have a fly cemetery. And I'm trusting that there must have been a couple of flies in my life that disgusted the Lord, for Him to allow these disagreeable issues in my life. Or maybe life just has its' fill of flies? At any rate, I didn't embrace the opportunity of manifesting Him in a new, unnatural way thru my day for His utmost.
At the very least, I have a beautiful, fragrant object that I really enjoy in my wickless candle. And I hope to do better next time, so that, I can be a beautiful, fragrant object that He really enjoys. Keep my inner vision clear, Lord. Thank you for the disagreeable…rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice!
