Years ago I got my own tool box. It happily has screwdrivers, a measuring tape, wrenches, cutters, and other such fine tools in it. Granted, I say I grew up in sawdust since workshop business was the family business so I should be good with tools. I am. With some tools. However, I still can't draw a straight line with a ruler nor can I write straight across a page of unlined paper. Such is my life and I'm okay with it.
One thing I really enjoy is tightening loose screws. Somehow I find great satisfaction with that task. Often I have to tighten the screws on my pancake griddle and electric frying pan. I love finding the right size screwdriver in my tool box, tightening the screw, and seeing the steadiness of the object since the screw is tight. I am about to tighten my towel rod in the bathroom. It's been shaky lately.
The other thing that's important to me in a household is plenty of light. I like to flip the switch and have a bright light to see. First of all, as I age I find that my eyesight is not as good as before. Especially as I now have cataracts as The Eye Doctor said the other day. That's another post for another day. I tell The Husband I like to the flip the switch and as I do my mind says, "Let there be light" and for the most part there always is. Lately, though, there's been a world of bulbs out in my house. Two in the den, one on the carport, and the light over the kitchen sink. Ugh, that's a bad one. It continues to give trouble, giving light sometimes and giving none the other. If it continues that way, The Husband has a plan to repair it more as he KNOWS my light obsession. I get a lot of pleasure in seeing a bright light when one has been out of commission.
As I pondered my little concerns about these things, I likened that to myself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Often things come along in my life that make me feel a bit shaky in these areas. Worries, fears, and concerns come along and I often get in a tizzy trying to get them firmed up some. They need their screws tightened. The "screwdriver" I've found that works the best is a little talk with Jesus. Okay, sometimes I need a BIG talk with Jesus. I've found that once that happens, the screw is tightened and the shakiness is gone. Jesus is the best screwdriver ever to tighten these "screws".
As for light, I just need light in my life rather than darkness and the remedy for the light is the same. Jesus. He says, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life". (John 8:12) The uncertainties of walking in the darkness is kind of scary to me. You never know what might be on the path, even if it's a familiar path. Predators and unwanted creatures can lie in wait on such dark paths. It's that way with life. The enemy brings things to try to trip us up but if we always remember to follow Jesus, we don't have to walk in darkness and be afraid. After all, it's said (and I haven't counted) that the Bible says 365 times to not fear. That's one a day and more than enough.
So those are my thoughts this day. Hopefully your thoughts can be triggered even further from my thoughts. That's really an intent of this blog....to encourage you and give you thoughts. While I go to tighten this towel rod screw, you just consider....
