Suddenly....

Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
(lyrics to 'Yesterday', written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

I have spent today trying to find my feet back at work (no pun intended), however during the course of this busy day I realised that I seem to have a problem with 'suddenly'... It was a sudden event that led to my incapacity six weeks ago, and as a result of yesterday's trip to the hospital, I find myself just as rapidly back in harness once again. The change of pace is shocking to the system.

I'd like to think I'm not too bad when it comes to forward planning, and I'm prepared to accept change can be a good thing, but I really don't care for life to be as fluid and frankly chaotic as it seems to be at the moment.

However, today I've been encouraged by the following scripture verse:

Philippians 4:8 (New International Version, ©2010)
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Paul wrote these verses whilst in prison, under threat of execution. How stressful would that be? Kind of puts my feelings about sudden changes in my pace of life into context. I need to do what Paul suggests, and 'think on these things' for a while... Ignore the chaos, concentrate on Christ.

Thanks for the prayers.