A no picture note

I promised myself. I absolutely vowed that 100% of me would not be that person. I could never believe the stories I would hear when this happened to other people. But me? No. It would never, ever, ever happen. 

Until now. I have official joined the club to say the least and this is one club I am glad they don't make shirts for. My over dramatic entrance as I am sure some of my readers have become accustomed to, is for a valid reason I now fully endorse and support. 

I was talking to my grams on the phone while driving. Therefore, I had my ear phones in. And then to kill two birds with one stone she passed the phone onto my mom. As I pulled into the driveway, I was still on the phone, but I desperately had to use the restroom. You know that lovely perk of getting older, right? So logically taking the phone into the bathroom with my ear phones in to finish the conversation is truly the smart thing to do. Right as the conversation is ending and I think I am off the hook of having a "convo on the commode" my mom gives the phone to my grams, because she has one more thing to say that simply cannot wait until another time. So my plan kicks into gear and as I configure a system that keeps my phone safe and allows me to use the toilet with my ear phones in...and then my grams is done with the conversation. Take a second to picture my phone on the sink and me bending at the waist so my ear phones aren't pulling to much on the phone and I have to stop dead in my tracks of preparing to go to the bathroom to switch gears and turn the phone off first. I know...touch screen and still my life is this difficult. And then it happened. With the conversation over, I forgot the ear phones still attached to my head, pulled the phone at the perfect angle to plummet into the toilet. I froze. I mean I literally just watched my life take its life into the toilet. 

The optimism in me depleted as my phone went from ok to bad to worse. It is now sitting in a bag of rice overnight and my prayers are with it for a full and speedy recovery. 

I know, this is an over-reaction and my life can and will completely function without a phone. It isn't the end of the world. But really, just in these very few short hours, I have come to realize how so many people would feel this way if this happened to them. It's amazing that tonight I attended my church's young adult's group and during worship I sang and believed without hesitation "all I need is you Jesus" and then I get home and my phone becomes indisposed of and I feel at such a loss. I had to stop myself and realize, phone or not, that worship song is true. All I need is you, Jesus. I can have a perfect day, I could have a horrible day. I could have more then I possibly need, I could have nothing that I need. I could get everything done better then I could have ever imagined, I could have nothing turn out the way it was suppose to. But throughout those moments and by the end of day, I always realize that it is Jesus that I need and it is only Him that I honestly need. He is my peace, my protector, my provider. And losing a phone for the night..or completely will never change that. 

There's a tid-bit for you.