Today I took my daughter to take her driver’s permit test. Due to the pandemic, we had to wait over a month for the appointment. My daughter has been in transition. She deals with anxiety and needs to always remember utilizing her coping skills. She just finished high school and is literally only two-days-in working at a warehouse OVERNIGHT! Her first job! Whoohoo!
She has been studying a long time and was acing the practice tests! Well I wake her up this morning and she is cranky and irritable! She is complaining she is tired! Now when this appointment was originally made, there was no job.
So, we get to the motor vehicle department, low and behold the systems are down. Good Lord give us a break! This aggravated her even more! (Philippians 4:11, states, “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” Since she got a praying momma; we sit in the car and I begin to pray, because my schedule is interrupted as well! I began calling on God to be a circuit in technology and move through the electrical waves to get the systems up and running! I even asked for some prayer warriors to unite with me. Well within 45 minutes, the guard comes to the door and says, “The systems are back up!” Praise God! Thank you, Jesus!
At this point she had fell asleep in the car. She goes in to take the test! When she comes out I can tell by the look on her she did not pass!
Here is the lesson and next steps, I discussed with her! (Galatians 5:22-23) “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” I explained to her, “Your body and mind must adjust to the new schedule and work you’re performing. You might have to learn to deal with things you can’t control which require acceptance and going with the flow! Or you can schedule the test on a Friday, her days off. You which will be able to be your best self! However, the one thing you will never be able to control is the world of any motor vehicle department in the United States.
Adjustments are necessary even when they don’t produce the results we desire!
SHIFT UR FOCUS 