Every day I have a job to do which I really don't enjoy. Every day the
horse corral needs cleaning. Every day, winter, spring, summer and fall,
there are always piles and piles of horse yuk to be shovelled up and
shovelled out. Yuk, yuk, yuk. And some days as I begin the job and
survey the piles I am simply overwhelmed by the sheer number of them. On
one such day as I heaved a sigh and was considering the idea of simply
turning around and heading back to the house, it occurred to me how
aspects of life were a lot like this job of corral cleaning.
Day
by day yuk enters our life, it cannot help but do so. Why, because we
live in a fallen world, thus we are always going to have problems and
troubles of one sort or another be they overwhelmingly large or
irritatingly small. After all Jesus said:
"Therefore do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has
enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 NIV
Yes, each day does
have enough trouble or yuk of its own, none of us I'm sure have any
doubt concerning this truth. The bigger issue however is dealing in
victory with it day in and day out. How do we not let it get the best of
us, rob us of our joy or overwhelm us with its sheer regularity?
I believe the answer is really quite simple: one pile at a time, one
prayer at a time, one moment at a time. For as today's scripture reminds
us, we can do everything through him who gives us strength, which
includes dealing with the yuk of the mundane, day in and day out.
So today as you see those piles of yuk before you, remember: one
pile at a time, one prayer at a time, one moment at a time in his
strength will allow you to deal victoriously with each situation as it
arises and in the end, leave the corral of your life clean and tidy
behind you.
Prayer: Father God thank you that you have provided a
way for us in Christ Jesus to deal victoriously and even joyously with
the daily yuk of the mundane, one pile at a time, one prayer at a time
one moment at a time in his strength. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.
Lynne Phipps
Atlin, B.C.
