Coming Unglued????

I just started a new Bible Study, Unglued, by Lysa Terkeutst. It is about making wise choices in the midst of raw emotions. I wasn't sure about this Bible study before it started. I purchased the book and on Monday, Sept. 24, I read the first chapter and wow did it sound like me. Do I become unglued when things happen? Her example was not having a towel when she came out of the shower and blowing up at her kids because the towels were missing. Her kids did remove the towels but is it worth becoming unglued over? No, it isn't but that is so like me. I can become unglued over the smallest things and if it is a big thing look-out I will probably become very unglued. But this is not what God wants from us. He wants us to display His glory if things are going as planned or if things get out of whack. God is in charge and we have to trust Him, truly trust Him. He is in control over everything. Each thought we have is recorded in our 'internal hard drive' and each time we think this thought it goes deeper and deeper and soon becomes a pattern for thought. Then if this thought is tied to an emotion it becomes exponentially stronger. So we need to renew our thoughts and be transformed as Romans 12:2 says, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is---his good, pleasing, and perfect will." Only with God's help can we transform our minds, I need to ask God to help me and truly trust Him so when I face things that are out of my control I will not act out of control. I can't always fix my circumstances but I can fix my eyes on God knowing He is in control and works all things out for my good. So when I am busy working on a project or cleaning the house and get interrupted I do not want to become unglued I want to trust God and know it is all in His plan. I want to bring Him glory and coming unglued does not bring Him glory. I just recently had an unglued moment, although I didn't become near as unglued as I do sometimes, we, my husband and our youngest son had planned on eating out and then going to see a movie. This was going to be a really fun evening after a very busy week. Friday night we went to our son's apartment to pick him up and go eat and then go to the theater. We ate and enjoyed our meal together but we kind of rushed so we could get to the movie on time. Well we got to the movie theater and guess what the movie was no longer playing, what a big disappointment, could I fix the circumstance? No. Was I mad? Yes but probably more disappointed than anything and I almost let it ruin my whole evening. But then I started thinking, if I let this ruin my evening with our son I am going to regret it. Is a movie worth it? Are my actions pleasing God? No. So I began enjoying our evening once again. This time I got "glued back together" before being "unglued" messed up the whole evening but like the first chapter said it is "imperfect progress". I know I will mess up again and once again be asking for forgiveness. I know there will not be immediate changes, like I wish there were but I pray with God's help I will become less and less unglued and stay glued together more and more until the day that I will never become unglued again when I see my wonderful, faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. And as the hymn says "what a day that will be when my Jesus I will see, when I look upon His face the One who saved me by His grace, when He takes me by the hand and leads me through the promised land, what a day, glorious day, that will be." NO MORE BECOMING UNGLUED!