I Love Rock 'N Roll except...

…except when I feel like I am under the rock or on top of the rock rolling down the hill out of control. This week has been one of those weeks. It started with the end of last week and the weekend of family and a birthday celebration for my mother (she turned 90 Saturday). Good times for sure but nonstop and tiring. In the middle important information documents were lost Saturday, found Sunday morning, lost again by Sunday night and found on the road Monday by a third party and retrieved. Then there was a car breakdown and a water pump replacement so aggravating (in the rain under the car) that it made me want to cuss (Ok. I admit I said a word or two).  Like I said out of control, combined with a full moon and children who have lost their minds, it was a Rock ‘n Roll week.

Nothing bad happened just the potential for “bad” in almost every situation. In the end “today” all is still the same except I am tired. A Rock ‘n Roll week does that to you, it leaves you feeling tired. Not because you did so much but because the weight of the possibility of having to do so much was heavy. That seems to be more of the case each day/week as I get older. The weight of what might possibly happen or what I might have to do is more tiring than the weight of what I actually did. I would hope that to not be true but my hopes are dashed. I am amazed at how some folks make problems out of things and events that have not yet happened and yet that is exactly what I have done this week.

I like rock and roll with the energy and drive. I like roller coasters too. I will wait in line to sit in the front car and then get back in line to sit in the last car. That is fun. So why do I not characterize my rock ‘n roll week as FUN? I guess I was wrestling with problems that weren’t problems yet and as the week draws to a close did not become problems. I forgot to wait for tomorrow and see what must be done. I forgot it’s God’s plan and not my own. Paul says it like this:

I have been crucified with Christ ²⁰ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:19b-20 HCSB

Somehow I lost my mind just like those children and forgot whose I am and who is really in control. It was Rock ’n Roll week an old time Rock ‘n Roll week. Unlike Bob Seger, don’t give me any more old time rock ‘n roll like last week. I still love Rock ‘n Roll and the old stuff is the best in music that is. I need a new Rock “n Roll song to sing to the Lord.    

In HIS Service and Yours,

BroG