Spinning . . . and Out of Control?

This is one of the those posts that might be better left unsaid for fear that I am going to bring some kind of wrath down on myself, but alas,  I press on with the posting anyway.

Lately, actually pretty much always, it seems that many people I know are in a constant state of spinning and many of those "many spinning" are on the brink of or are "out of control." I first have to admit that I tend to be a "low-key, sort of take things as they come", kind of person. I do not get rattled or overwhelmed very often. Some of that can be interpreted as "not caring" or "too dumb to realize how dire the straits are" or just to lazy to get engaged. I admit, sometime I get tired and some things that come along just are not worth the energy. But there are those I observe where EVERYTHING in life is a 14 on a ten point scale. There is no margin for when something really big or catastrophic or stressful comes along. If you are always pegging the top end of the meter, when something big comes along, how much higher can the needle go if you are always pegging?

Even more recently, with things like an impending wedding coming up quickly (August 11) there are many things that can seem like they are "end of the world" or at least "show stopping kinds of things" that are big deals but not the Big Deal. I have to give my wife, the beautiful Sondra for masterfully guiding the wedding planning process in a few short months. All the detail stuff that she excels at is handled with ease. (I can't even remember who all I was to invite.)

The world is spinning around us but that does not mean we have to spin out of control with the circumstances and situations we find ourselves in in life. One of the things I am really concentrating on is "Not taking on the responsibility for things I have no authority over." When decisions are made that effect me, I am focusing on only stewarding what God has clearly shown me to do. It is true that many things are spinning, but that does not mean that we have to be caught in the "spin".

I have some friends walking through some very difficult situations with health, jobs, family, other relationships and most of the time I just pray and offer a word of encouragement and a reminder to them that only pick up responsibility for those things God has given you authority over. Lean into Him and trust. It is a lesson that I am slowly learning. And. . . . He can be trusted.