Shake, Shake, Shake....

As a child I remember learning and singing, "Shake, shake, shake..shake the devil of". At the time I really didn't know what it meant, but as I got older I learned to appreciate the words in that song, especially during experiences like the one I had Sunday. My day started out great; I got off work and immediately begin getting ready for church. I was so excited to be able to attend The Worship Center's new 10a.m. service. As some of you know I work overnights, and don't get off until 9:30 in the morning, so being able to head right to church without having to wait around until 11 was very exciting for me. Upon arriving this usher rushes in behind me as I am about to walk in the sanctuary. She informs that I have a huge stain on my dress. The first thing I think is, "Oh shoot I'm going to miss the choir singing my song!!!" Anyhow the usher is very nice and escorts me to the bathroom to try and get it out. We scrubbed and scrubbed and that led to a big wet stain on the dress. By this time I have already missed praise and worship and I'm starting to get very frustrated. I remind myself to calm down. For getting upset is exactly what the devil wants. It's at that time that I begin to shake him off. I then begin thinking of ways to try and dry the dress (the usher even offered to put in their dryer). Thinking that would cause too much trouble, I decided to just stand by the front window, with hopes that the sunlight would dry it. That didn't work. The dress was satin and the stain was still there. After realizing that there was nothing else to do, I wanted to start crying. I was really forward to being be able to fellowship and hear a good word, and now my plans had changed. But you know what I didn't cry. I just kept shaking the devil off. I wanted him to know that he was not in control. I was still going to receive a word. I came home and found a sermon on TV. And to my surprise the pastor was preaching about a topic that I had just prayed to God for clarification for. The morale of this story, is that as we go about our day things may come up, and things may not go as we planned, but we shouldn't get mad. We should simply "shake the devil off" and let him know that the man above is in control and always working on our behalf.

**Romans 8: 28-"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose"

Have a blessed Monday everyone & remember: You are too Anointed to be Disapointed!