"Should?"
All that matters is what is

 

                                  

S
hould is a word that should be taken out of the English language. This one single word is a source of a large amount of sadness in our lives.
        These two disciples on the road to Emmaus were perplexed about all the things that had happened recently.  Most of their dismay came from unmet expectations. 
        Too often we are distressed because things are not going the way they, “should.”
        Really it doesn’t matter how things should be, the only things that matters is what is. I can deal with life much easier when I accept that, “God’s thoughts are not my thoughts neither are his ways my ways.”
 
        I never wanted to write poetry
        It sounded kind of sissy to me
        But as I negotiate life’s terrain
        Struggling with problems and pain
        I found most of the time
        Lessons learned tend to rhyme
        So, “Should” and “What is” disagree
       
 

         Dennis Bazzell resides in Fenton Missouri just south of St. Louis.  He is the pastor of the Southside Free Will Baptist Church in South St. Louis and is the former Pastor and still a member of Mt. Olive General Baptist Church in Fenton Missouri http://rbeav11.tripod.com/