Funny, perhaps…
March 1, 2009
by Genel Webb
I’ve observed something really funny about myself. I grew up sharing a small bedroom, bed, closet, and dresser with my younger sister. So that meant that we each got half of the bedroom, half of the bed, half of the closet and half of the dresser. I had 3 drawers to use on my side of the dresser. One was my junk or miscellaneous drawer, one was for my worn out or “too small to wear unless I have to” drawer and one was my undergarment drawer. So any kind of undergarments that I could possibly wear was in one drawer.
So at 17, as I left home and lived in a dorm, I had a whole group of drawers all to myself. I think that there were six. And guess what, I kept all of my undergarments in one drawer. Later, I married and had plenty of drawer space in our bedroom and the guest bedroom. But guess what, I kept all of my undergarments in one drawer. Over the years, about once a year, I separate the undergarments and use three or four other drawers. Within four or five weeks, they are all stuffed back in the same drawer! I think this is so funny, even as I write this, I’m laughing. I need deliverance in this area of my life.
I’ve actually busted a few drawers. My husband hasn’t really figured out why and neither did I, for a while. Initially, he blamed it on the used and inexpensive furniture. Now, I just don’t mention that it’s broken or busted, since I’ve figured out the reason. Currently, I have empty drawers, and that ONE drawer I can barely open. Sometimes they fall below into the next “almost empty” drawer and guess what, I find myself pushing and forcing them back into that one top drawer. It is so funny.
So since I’ve faced the reality of needing serious help in this area, I’ve asked the Lord to deliver me from this “one drawer” syndrome. I guess the spiritual point of this is that I personally believe that nothing is too trivial to take to God for His divine intervention. I am proud, however, that I have taught our sons to do differently…that is when they finally put their clothes away. My brother always had a bedroom to himself and for a long time, it was my responsibility to fold and put away his clothes. Maybe that is why I have been successful in this area, with our sons. I do believe if I had a daughter, I may have passed this down as a generational habit. This is just so funny to me.
I hope that this silly but true confession makes you chuckle. However, I’m the first to admit that I have a very dry sense of humor. Normally what I find funny, most people don’t and it often takes me a while to get the humor in what many others think is funny. Is there any wisdom in it, you say? Perhaps, in the recognition that laughter is good medicine. So again, I hope that you, at least, find yourself chuckling.
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