By this, I mean wrong... Or more precisely - there has been a series of unfortunate events.
Whilst chatting to a good friend of mine this week, we were discussing a particular incident - and having claimed it to be unfortunate a number of times - we came to the conclusion that it had all gone a bit Lemony Snicket...
I've said for a long time (I think since a stressful time during A levels - or even before...) that problems wouldn't be problems if they had the good grace to come one at a time - you'd just deal with whatever it was, and move on. (Granted, this rule doesn't work for the proper grade A crises, just the petty annoyances of everyday life... I understand more about this now).
The thing I find most difficult to cope with, is when a whole load of things seem to come at you at once. It leaves you no time to process each one - let alone find a solution; not even time to file it in an appropriate place for dealing with later. You're just left gasping under the weight of the millions of small, otherwise manageable tasks.
I know I'm by no means the first person to feel this way; and actually, that gives me hope. There are so many bits in the Bible, where people pour out their hearts and their troubles to God; knowing that He understands, and more than that - that He can actually make a difference to their situation too.
Psalm 34:17-19 (New International Version) says:
"The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all."
Sometimes you just have to hold on... Oh well, time to just keep swimming I suppose...
not particularly pleasant and certainly NOT scriptural, but there is a quote in Macbeth where he contemplates the terrible series of "unfortunate" murders etc and says that he is "so far stepp'd in blood" that it would basically be harder to go back than simply to carry on with all the gore etc (or something like that.....)! I think I know the feeling although much easier to face those Lemony Snicket moments with Jesus on the team!! (or in fact, and ideally, in charge!)
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