Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
I made two fruit loaves, put them in the oven, turned on the timer for an hour then promptly forgot them as I went to do some gardening! Fortunately, Chris heard the bell timer and I rushed back in to find their tops were a bit overcooked, so rather than get all chewed up about it, I had the inspired idea of smothering their tops in marmalade then no one would notice!😊
I had a friend once who stained her favourite T-shirt so she asked me to sew some beads over the mark to disguise it as I'd told her I'd already had to do it to mine. We all have little things like that happen to us throughout our week which if they're 'one offs' we cope with just fine, but if they're at the end of a series of frustrating things they can end up being the last straw and we allow them to make us all upset and bent out of shape.
So this is a little nudge to help you to not allow them to get you in a tizwas and look for a way to overcome them by doing something to sweeten the moment up. I do know not everything can be solved by covering it in marmalade!, but I bet, with a bit of ingenuity from the Lord, you could think of a way around the situation, (like the T-shirt) without allowing it to steal your joy, and let Him help you turn it around.
You've heard the saying when life throws you lemons, make lemonade!
So next time another of those really frustrating things happens, just stop and ask yourself if it's a 'cover it in marmalade' moment!😊
If nothing else, I hope I've lightened the moment and made you smile, and if not then go and make yourself a nice cup of tea and toast and cover it in marmalade instead, or strawberry jam, if you don't like marmalade! It might just work! 😊😊
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