Do you remember when you were young? For some of us that is hard. Heck, I can’t remember what happened to me two days ago. Do you remember being sent to your room? Either you did something wrong or got blamed for something by your brother or sister and your mother or father would send you to your room "and don’t come out till I call you"! Well you would have thought that being punished like that would have stopped by the time you were a teenager or at least when you moved out of your parent’s house. Oh but nooooooo. I was sent to my room last night by my wife and her best friend. Boy what a shock. Let me explain.

    You see, last night, my wife, her best friend, and my youngest daughter was having a baby shower for a young girl they know. Now I knew this was going to happen but being old and forgetful, I forgot it was last night. I was even told about an hour before. My daughter was putting up streamers and balloons for goodness sake. Right in front of me. Well, needless to say, when they came in and turned off the TV and told me to get out and go to my room I was a little miffed!  So I took my laptop and went to my room and got on Netflix and watched a documentary Ancient Egypt with my son still a little upset. After a while I was like, what the heck is wrong with me. I knew what was planned, I knew I was supposed to make myself scarce, and I knew I didn't want to leave the house. Where else was I supposed to go?

    I now know that this was Satan at work again. He distracted me with the TV so I would become upset when it was time for the party. Thank you God for still working in my life. In the past, I would have been upset for days for something as incidental as this. I know now that the love of Christ is working in my life. He is allowing Satan to get to me so that in the end, God will have the glory when I refuse to get upset over petty things. He is continuing to break me down, grinding me to dust so that I will seek Him and allow Him to build me up. Refine me as pure as the purest gold. Thank you Jesus, for loving me, a sinner.

    And to my wonderful wife, please accept me, a broken man. Forgive me if I was cross with you in any way. I love you and always will.