A Happy Little Pill...

Something strange happens to a woman after you hit the BIG 30. Goodness gracious I can’t imagine what the 40’s has in store for me. Everything just goes out of whack. Patience is dropped, levels of annoyance are heightened, hormones are on a rollercoaster, things sag in all areas, etc. I could keep on going.

The sweet hearted happy go lucky 20’s have officially vacated this body. What has been replaced is nothing to brag about or even understand.
Now I am stubborn when it comes to any forms of medication. It takes a lot to make me pop a Tylenol yet the doctor has loaded me down this year. “Trust me”, she says, “This can only make you happy. “ HHHMMMMMMM???? Happy? What does that word really entail.
I have a lot of friends over the age of 30 and some who take certain forms of “happy pills”. We always joke that there isn’t anything our happy pill can’t fix.
So a dear friend of mine who is struggling with the concept of 30’s came to me to ask for some advice about some emotional and physical issues. Me being the jovial sort said, “Just tell them you are old and in need of the happy pill.” So I was laughing yesterday when she did in fact make a doctor’s appointment for the next day and was cheering about her happy pill. Immediately after though my heart dropped and my soul suddenly became burdened.
I am not sure why the effect of those words bothered me so but I was up all night contemplating what to do. Then in my devotional this morning I was reading about how it is a disgrace to dishonor God by not cultivating your spiritual gifts. “You are the sole owner of your own set of talents and opportunities. God has given you your own particular gifts-the rest is up to you.” I truly believe I have been graced with the gift of encouragement and testimony but the last one scares the crap out of me!!!!!
So it took a few long hours and a last minute knock on an office door to share the word of God with a co-worker and a friend. “Call HR if you want but I just have to throw something out there. Today when you leave from the doctor’s office you will either have a prescription in your hand or a disappointment in your heart; however there is really only one form of a happy pill. While we all need different forms of love whether it be pills, attention, affection, or material things: there is truly only one happy pill. I look at you and I see perfection because God made you. I also see someone who just can’t understand that and has allowed that insecurity to overshadow the beauty of your soul. No relationship is perfect, no day is perfect, and we definitely as people aren’t perfect. Yet the beauty comes from accepting that every situation and/or relation will never compare to the PERFECTION of our Father. So while I hope you get something that calms your anxiety a little bit; I pray more that you will love yourself as much as God loves you. When you accept that kind of grace then everything else fails in comparison.”
Now I hope I don’t have HR waiting for me tomorrow! J I do however hope that I touched someone’s life with words of encouragement and I hope you are one of those.
Blessings to all my faithful friends and followers.
“Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil-this is a gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 5:19