Crayons

The other day as I was leaving work and headed to get little man I began thinking about how great that day had been. I had gotten up early to do my Bible study and prayer, and I had helped a lot of people at work. Yes, thank you God for a great day. You are a strong and mighty God and I give you all honor glory and praise for this day. I got to school and asked Haden if he had found his lost jacket, his answer was no. I started to get a little annoyed at his "I really don't care about my lost coat mom" attitude. We proceeded to his classroom to continue our (my) quest to find the missing jacket. We did not find it, but I did notice that his school box was open on his desk and only 3 crayons lay inside. I asked Haden where the crayons I bought him at the beginning of the week were. Well, just like the jacket, he had no answer, and really did not seem to be as bothered as I was. We drove home and as I thought and thought and thought about the whole jacket/crayon thing I just became more and more irriated. I started dinner and Haden was playing happily at the kitchen table. I began to think, "Wow, and I was having such a good day." It was as this thought crossed my mind that I heard God speak to me. "You just thanked me for a wonderful day, and now you are letting a missing jacket and a few lost crayons ruin it all?"
Wow...I thought of something that I heard recently on a radio station, and was recently reminded by a colleague.
"Our level of spiritual maturity can be measured by what it takes to steal our joy."
I was letting something so small and insignificant steal my joy, and the joy of The Lord is my strength! The devil was having a party thinking that he had ruined my whole day with something so trivial. Thank you Jesus for speaking to me. I pray that my spirit matures every day so that I will not be easily shaken.

Philippians 4:9
"Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me- put into practice."