Where Did You Find God Today?

My son gave me an electric kettle. I have discovered that the adage is false – a watched pot does boil. I became fascinated as I peered into the glass pot. Then a truth came to me. I tend to have a bubbly personality – and it’s not a good thing.

At first, little tiny bubbles surfaced to the edge of the glass at the waterline, just for a second or two. Then they returned to the center. More tiny bubbles appeared, took the same route. All of a sudden, the bubbles enlarged and the water began to boil. They roiled like a stormy ocean as the internal temperature rose rapidly.

“That’s me, isn’t it Lord?” I whispered.

I have a tendency to slough the little irritating things off, or so I think. But more acutely, like those tiny bubbles, they surface for a second then return to my gut. I swallow them down. Eventually, they accumulate, and every once in a while, I can’t stomach any more. The volcano erupts, usually followed by a spew of tears.

I just thought I was handling the small stuff and only needed to hand the big issued things over to God, but instead I’d shoved these tiny irritants into the center of my being. There they festered and grew into the boiling point.

Is this your tendency as well? Do you try to be easy-going, merciful, and patient to the world as a good Christian is supposed to be, only to realize that eventually the little things build up as the mole hill looms into a jagged mountain?

If so, there is hope. God showed me that today. I need to bring everything to Him in prayer. Jesus said, ““Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

Let’s take Him at His word, then perhaps the more we do that, our personalities will become bubbly…in the best way. The way that bring smiles to the face of others and provides a calming inner peace inside of us.