Ladies, Ladies…All the Ladies!!

“…this is ourselves…UNDER PRESSURE!”–David Bowie

Um be ba da…Um be ba da da….Ok.. I’ll stop.. I just have that song in my head.  Actually it’s been running through my head all day since I went running yesterday.  I know.. a random song for me to have on my ipod…it’s just one of the beauties of the ipod..I can pick and choose all the random songs I want and throw them all together…mix it up… and there you have it…perfect workout music.  However… there is a point to my insanity.  I keep thinking about that line…”this is ourselves under pressure”.  I immediately rewind to my Sunday morning this week.  My HORRIBLE Sunday morning.. when I just LOST it….that was myself under pressure.  I was talking the morning over with Chris (who is my GREAT listener and “figure out-er”) and I was asking him the big questions.  If Jesus is real in my life?…If He is strong and powerful….then why do I lose it?  Where is the strength?  How can I go to pieces and completely sin before my God like I did? 

“Certain people have certain sin patterns.  You get very angry under stress.  Did you pray before the day started?” he asked.

“Well, I always pray.”

“No, did you pray specifically not to become angry.  You know you get up-tight on Sunday mornings.  Did you pray specifically for that?”

And of course my answer was ‘no.’  So that leaves me thinking about myself under pressure.  What are my pressures?  What are my triggers?  Why have I NOT thought of bathing myself in prayer before I enter into the fire?  Is it not ridiculous for a soldier knowing good and well he is entering the battle field for him not to “shield up”?  Seriously.  Yes, I know life in general is a battle field…but what are YOUR personal battle fields…what are YOUR triggers?

I realize that anything that involves our entire family reaching a location at a certain time is extremely stressful…and throw in the fact that we all must look presentable…well..(you mean, I have to have make-up on and my hair done…perhaps even some dressy clothes…)…yes.. the pressure is on!  This is MY trigger.  I am easily angered…my mouth is loaded with nastiness (yikes!)… and I’m just, well…mean.  So when I know this family outing is coming up… I must begin dressing myself in PRAYER instead of some new sundress….or waiting for my straightening iron to heat up… or trying to figure which sandals I am going to wear.  Our sin patterns are ourselves under pressure… we want to be ourselves under His Lordship.  I’m sure the re-enactment of “me under His Lordship” would have played out quite differently on Sunday.

So, I felt like my husband has help bestow some wisdom to me and I never want to keep good Godly wisdom under a bushel.  I want to shine it out there for all of you.  It’s something to think about. Make a list.  What are you’re weaknesses?  Are there ways to avoid them?  It’s no different than the alcoholic driving home a different way from work.. out of sight of bars…or the Godly husband who chooses to have a password on the computer that only his wife knows…some accountability….to protect His eyes….or better yet.. keep the computer out in a public area in your home.  It’s the little things that can bring relief to the “Pressures.”

ummm…be..ba da…. da…da.de.dee.da.da….ok..I’m going back to my song ……perhaps I’ll be blasting it in our house this Sunday morning…just as a little reminder…..