More Whack Has Been Ordered
Because some days? Well that's exactly what life feels like! Not just a little off or slightly inconvenient. But more like fully, gloriously, SPECTACULARLY out of whack.
You know....the kind of out of whack where you wake up already behind, your plans are limping, your emotions are doing cartwheels in a gravel driveway, and somewhere in the distance you can almost hear life hollering and waving, “Don’t worry. More whack is on the way!”
You’re just standing there like, “Wonderful. Who authorized this shipment? Can I at least track it?”
Apparently, if life is out of whack, the solution is to order more whack. Which, I mean, it's comforting, I suppose.....though I’d personally prefer more grace, more peace, more wisdom, and possibly a snack.
We ALL have seasons like that, don't we? Those seasons where nothing feels steady. Everything seems....well...out of whack. The schedule is out of whack. The house is out of whack. Relationships are out of whack. Our finances are out of whack. The hormones are out of whack (c'mon, THAT is a whole blog in itself!). The emotions are out of whack (see my prior comment!).
How bout when the people around you are acting out of whack? Well, if we're being painfully honest, sometimes WE are the people acting out of whack.
Isn’t that just precious? Yikes!
Sometimes I want to blame the devil, rebuke the weather, side-eye the entire day, and ask the Lord if this is spiritual warfare or if I simply need a nap, a snack, and a little sanctification.
But the older I get, the more I realize something that... out of whack doesn't always mean out of God’s hands. Sometimes life feels out of whack because...well...we live in a broken world. Or sometimes it feels out of whack because people make choices that affect us or it's just because we're tired, stretched thin, overwhelmed, or perhaps carrying too much.
And sometimes.....if we're brave enough to admit it, things feel out of whack because something inside of us needs to be brought back into alignment.
THAT part isn't as fun.
I'm not sure I need more whack. I think I need more alignment.
I'd much rather blame traffic, hormones, people, spiritual warfare, the price of eggs, or even the general audacity of Monday....because it's easier. BUT there are moments when the Lord gently shows us, “The chaos around you may be real, but I want to deal with what is happening inside of you too.”
It IS possible for everything around us to be shaking, but our spirit still be anchored.
It IS possible for life to be loud, but our soul to be quiet before God.
It IS possible for people to be messy, circumstances to be uncertain, plans to fall apart, and yet somehow, deep down, there can STILL be peace.
But the peace isn't because everything is fixed. And it's ot because the whack has been canceled or the shipment got delayed.
If you follow my blogs, you will remember not long ago, we touched on Psalm 46:1 and how it says that, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
He's not a distant or occasional help. He's not a “submit a request and wait 7-10 business days” kind of help.
No, He's a VERY PRESENT help.
Right there!
RIght there in the whack.
Right there in the mess.
Right there....in the confusion.
In that moment where you're holding the broken pieces and wondering if heaven has a customer service department.
Maybe the goal isn't always to live a life that never gets out of whack? Maybe the goal is to become people who know where to run when it does?
Because the truth is, trouble WILL come. People WILL disappoint us. Plans WILL change.
Emotions WILL fluctuate. The unexpected WILL show up wearing muddy boots and tracking chaos through the kitchen of our lives.
But we don't have to let the whack become our identity. We don't have to become frantic just because life is unsettled at the moment. We don't have to let every inconvenience drag us into carnality, every offense pull us into bitterness, or every hard season convince us that God has stepped away.
Sometimes.....the best thing to do is stop and pray.... “Lord, this is out of whack, but I'm not out of Your hands.”
That's not pretending that everything is fine. It means we refuse to let chaos disciple us.
It means that we stop letting every storm teach us how to respond.
It means we allow the Spirit to produce fruit in us, even when our circumstances are producing absolutely nothing but nonsense and a headache.
Because the truth is, more whack WILL come.
It IS possible for everything around us to be shaking, but our spirit still be anchored.
It IS possible for life to be loud, but our soul to be quiet before God.
It IS possible for people to be messy, circumstances to be uncertain, plans to fall apart, and yet somehow, deep down, there can STILL be peace.
But the peace isn't because everything is fixed. And it's ot because the whack has been canceled or the shipment got delayed.
There can be peace because God is STILL GOD in the middle of it!
If you follow my blogs, you will remember not long ago, we touched on Psalm 46:1 and how it says that, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
He's not a distant or occasional help. He's not a “submit a request and wait 7-10 business days” kind of help.
No, He's a VERY PRESENT help.
Right there!
RIght there in the whack.
Right there in the mess.
Right there....in the confusion.
In that moment where you're holding the broken pieces and wondering if heaven has a customer service department.
Maybe the goal isn't always to live a life that never gets out of whack? Maybe the goal is to become people who know where to run when it does?
Because the truth is, trouble WILL come. People WILL disappoint us. Plans WILL change.
Emotions WILL fluctuate. The unexpected WILL show up wearing muddy boots and tracking chaos through the kitchen of our lives.
But we don't have to let the whack become our identity. We don't have to become frantic just because life is unsettled at the moment. We don't have to let every inconvenience drag us into carnality, every offense pull us into bitterness, or every hard season convince us that God has stepped away.
Sometimes.....the best thing to do is stop and pray.... “Lord, this is out of whack, but I'm not out of Your hands.”
That's not pretending that everything is fine. It means we refuse to let chaos disciple us.
It means that we stop letting every storm teach us how to respond.
It means we allow the Spirit to produce fruit in us, even when our circumstances are producing absolutely nothing but nonsense and a headache.
Because the truth is, more whack WILL come.
The sign may be funny, but life has a way of keeping inventory.
Still, the child of God has something deeper than stable circumstances.
We have an anchor, a refuge, a Father who is present. We have a peace that doesn't need permission from the situation before it shows up.
So....if life feels out of whack today, take heart. You're not crazy. You're not alone and you're not forgotten.
More whack may have been ordered…
…but more grace has already been supplied.
Still, the child of God has something deeper than stable circumstances.
We have an anchor, a refuge, a Father who is present. We have a peace that doesn't need permission from the situation before it shows up.
So....if life feels out of whack today, take heart. You're not crazy. You're not alone and you're not forgotten.
More whack may have been ordered…
…but more grace has already been supplied.
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