I\u2019m grinnin\u2019 from ear to ear this mornin\u2019 as this Southern gal writes this blog. I read a beautiful daily devotion from an online ministry and BAM, another idea for a blog! Their devotion started with: \u201cYou are slowly but surely coming to an end of your days of being cattywampus.\u201d WHAT? Cattywampus? What in the world does that mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I investigated it and realized \u201ccattywampus\u201d is a jewel of a word! Isn\u2019t that a southern fried, gravy-drenched word if there ever was one? I\u2019m convinced it was born somewhere between a tumbleweed and a rocking chair on a rickety front porch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019ve never had a day go cattywampus, then bless your pea-pickin\u2019 hearts\u2026 you just haven\u2019t lived long enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those wondering (and reaching for Google), \u201ccattywampus\u201d means \u201call messed up,\u201d \u201cout of alignment,\u201d or as my grandma used to say, \u201cJust plain off-kilter, sugar.\u201d And truth be told, I\u2019ve had a few weeks like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The days when my hair\u2019s sticking up like a rooster\u2019s crown, my plans go sideways, the ants take over my kitchen pantry, the kitchen faucet falls off (true story), I spill the popcorn all over the floor, and my phone goes missing (again). Those are cattywampus days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But here\u2019s the good news: God isn\u2019t thrown off by a little chaos. He doesn\u2019t get dizzy when our lives tilt a little left of center. He leans in. He straightens out what we can\u2019t. And He speaks peace in the middle of the mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God’s Word reminds us in Philippians 4:8 to lift our thoughts — to think on what\u2019s lovely, true, and pure. That\u2019s not denial; that\u2019s divine alignment. It\u2019s shifting our focus from what\u2019s wrong to Who\u2019s still right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what do we do when life gets cattywampus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We breathe. We take deep breaths. We pray. We praise anyway.
We pull our peace back down like a cozy blanket and choose to believe that this mess is temporary, but God’s goodness is permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even in the crooked places, He walks beside us. Even when we feel sideways, His love is unshakable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So today, let\u2019s realign. Let\u2019s straighten up our thoughts, fix our eyes on Jesus, and thank Him that no matter how tilted or twisted things get, He\u2019s the One holding it all together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because honestly? If cattywampus is the worst of it\u2026 we\u2019re doing just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amen and let’s straighten up, now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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