See that graphic of a Wheat field with those affirming words about Who is in control and I\u2019m not? I purposely put my name there as a reminder!
I turned on my Mac, put my finger on the touchpad ID but it didn\u2019t open. Nada. Then I manually input my password. Nada. How can this be? Maybe it\u2019s wanting my Apple password, but nada. I requested a new password. Nada. An hour later, I called Apple. Too early. At 7 am, my call was answered by a kind rep. I explained my dilemma. He struggled, but determined he’d stay with me until we figured it out. Then I remembered I responded to an onscreen message the night before: \u201cYour Mac needs an update\u201d. So, I responded with \u201cUpdate\u201d. Soon it was time to go to bed and closed my computer. While the kind rep continued to probe my mind for passwords, suddenly my Mac powered down and up again and whoa-la! It was back to normal. The rep said that I didn\u2019t allow the update to finish before I closed my computer the night before. That\u2019s why it wasn\u2019t accepting the password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was a two-hour \u201cmuch ado about nothing\u201d! When will I learn that most of the hassles and frustrations I face \u2013 are nothing more than \u201cmuch ado about nothing\u201d. Why do I let myself get in such a tizzy? For instance, I was picking up a Wendy\u2019s snack for my grandson before I picked him up at school. The line of cars was moving so slow, I knew I would be late to get him. I backed out of the line, parked, and went inside to order. Maybe I saved 3 minutes by going inside. Then the traffic getting to his school was super slow. I texted Bryson. \u201cI may be late. Slow traffic!\u201d His response: \u201cNo problem!\u201d I get to the school and wait five minutes for him. He took advantage of the delay to get some reps in \u2013 his usual pattern each day anyway. My haste was \u201cmuch ado about nothing\u201d!|
That line “much ado about nothing” was one of Shakespeare’s works where two contrasting couples each love each other but then they don’t but then they do again. In the end both couples get married and live happily ever after!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t mean to trivialize REAL concerns because life happens and there are instances when it is \u201cmuch ado about SOMETHING\u201d. And whether it\u2019s nothing OR something, we have a recourse reaction and it is found in \u201cWhat would Jesus do?\u201d
I look back on the many seasons of my life and now I realize that most of my “much ados” panned out with God in Master control of it all. Whether our troubles or concerns are of mammoth proportions or as minor as getting to the school to pick up my grandson on time, God sees. He is not some remote, distant deity Who is not touched by what we go through. Hebrews 4:15 says: \u201cThis High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet He did not sin.\u201d Our Lord experienced all our temptations and did so without falling into sin. Christ has a unique understanding of our plight. Jesus feels for us since He experienced those testings as well. Instead of a cold, emotionless judge, or a flawed, fickle spirit, we have a Savior Who we rely and depend on. We \u201cTrust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean NOT to our own understanding. In all our ways, we acknowledge Him, and He directs our paths (through sorrow, grief, pain AND through waiting in a long line for our take-out or our groceries or the DMV line.) (Proverbs 3:5-6) He knows. And He offers us His power to conquer because \u201cThe same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in us and He quickens our mortal bodies. \u201d (Romans 8:11)
Our Lord cares about our nothings AND our somethings. May we cast those cares on Him because He cares for us so much! (1 Peter 5:7)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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