A recent newspaper article told of a woman and boy crashing their minivan:

"RCMP say the driver left the roadway and struck a tree in the centre median before losing control."

Her injuries were not life-threating.  (I realize that the above sentence should have been rewritten, but it gave me something to think about).  I wondered what had happened to that woman in her day leading up to the crash.

There are days, and then there are days-we've all had them.  One minute you're hurtiling through the day, with a to-do list that would fill a roll of toliet paper.  Suddenly, you’re in the median, your radiator hugging a tree, thinking, This is it.  This is the last straw.  I have had it.  I’ve got company coming in one hour.  I have no idea what to feed them.  I went to the bank, but left all my documents at home.  I had to take a rain check on the one sale item I wanted at the store.  My library books are overdue, but I don’t even know where they all are.  I’m late to pick up my kids at school.  My two- yr.- old is screaming for a bottle.  All I was trying to do was put on a little lipstick without even looking in the mirror.  I’m not getting out of this car.  It’s quiet here with the traffic swooshing by. When they come for me, I will tell them that they can put away their Jaws of Life, thank you very much, but I am not moving. They can bring me a cup of hot tea, get a bottle for my screaming child, phone my company and cancel, pick up my kids, and I’m just going to sit here and relax.

If we rewind our day, we can usually see that we left little or no time to consult with the Lord about our to-do list (besides, who has time, right?).  Wrong answer.  Telling the Lord what we’re going to accomplish that day, with or without His help, is going to derail your whole day.  You may even get “things” done, but will they be with His help and blessing?  And who gets the glory then?

So, don't plan to "lose it”.  Seek the Lord first, ask for His direction, wisdom, strength, help (and rest!). Ask that, whatever you do that day, He would get the glory.

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him.  He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5, 6