Weekly e-News September 8, 2017
Hey, everyone!
Hope you’re having an awesome praise-filled day! It’s gonna be absolutely beautiful!!
(I don’t think that I can take it…)
I think the temp is supposed to be like 74 at Neyland for the 4 o’clock Saturday kick-off!
(…’cause it took so long to bake it…)
It’s already been an amazing week for tons of reasons!
(…and I’ll never have that recipe again! Oh, noooooo!)
Wait a sec…I’m sorry, everyone. I’ve got an ear worm.
An ear worm is that song you can’t get out of your head no matter how hard you try. Psychologists tell us that 90% of Americans get one at least once a week!
Do you remember that song?
“MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain…”
Whoa. That’s is awful! In fact, it’s on a recent list of the “worst songs of all time, destined to become an ear worm”. Just after “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney and “It’s a Small World After All” (“THE ear worm of all ear worms!” experts say)
So, what do you do if you get one? Well…
Seems that the best cure for an ear worm is to sing a different song! A substitute song! Slow ones are best. Some say the British national anthem is perfect!
“God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
(Is it gone?)
Y’know, I really like that idea of substituting one song for another! I use that very principle to help me with worse worms!
Like a complaining worm! Ever just feel like complaining about something that’s REALLY bugging you…or, worse…ever feel like complaining about…everything? Even tho’ the Apostle tells us to “do all things without complaining”? You just can’t get it out of your mind!
What to do?
Substitute!
Thank, instead! Think of about seven reasons you have for being thankful and thank God for them! Complaining? Gone!
Ever had one of those days where you just feel super “judge-y”? You just feel like noticing what’s wrong with everybody and, if you can’t see somethin’, just judge their motives, or something sneaky like that…The dreaded judge worm!
What to do?
Substitute!
What if I just started confessing instead? Confessing to the Lord things that haven’t been so great about me lately? Starting with my judging! Everyone starts to look just a little better!
Judging? Poof!
What about that nagging, looping anxiety? Ya just can’t stop worrying about that worrisome worry that is worrying you to distraction! The kids…”Oh,no! My boss is calling!”…your up-coming surgery…”it’s that a kidney stone?”…that weird-looking spot on your ear…Kim Jong-un?
How do I stop?
Do somethin’ else instead!
Pray about it! Just turn that anxiety into a prayer! Give it to God and leave it with Him!
So, here’s what you do. Substitute…
Praying for worrying…
Confessing for judging…
Thanking for complaining.
You might want to write that down.
You may never get that recipe again.
Oh, noooooooo!