Monday morning I woke in a bit of a panic. I was asked to come in early for work to complete an evaluation. I am a pediatric physical therapist and recently started a new job. I’ve only completed one evaluation at this particular place of employment and was nervous about my early Monday morning evaluation. The night before I set 2 alarms to make sure I was up on time and then continued to wake up throughout the early morning hours before my alarms were supposed to go off. When my alarm finally did go off, I noticed something wasn’t quite right. The clock showed I only had 15 minutes to shower and get ready before I needed to leave!! I was thoroughly confused because I knew I had set my alarms for an hour earlier, but the clock doesn’t lie. I had 15 minutes to get ready for the day. I frantically jumped out of bed and ran to the coffeemaker because I knew I could not start Monday without my morning coffee.
On my way to the kitchen I glanced in the living room and saw my roommate sleeping on the couch. I thought that was kind of weird because her bedroom was about two steps away. And then I saw a guy sleeping along the other section of our couch. You see we have a roommate accountability clause that says if a guy spends the night, he must sleep on the couch or an air mattress in the living room, not in our bedrooms. I appreciated that she followed the letter of the agreement but made a mental note to discuss the spirit of the agreement later.
Once the coffee maker was going, I ran to the bathroom to take the fastest shower I have ever taken in my life. Only, upon arriving in the bathroom, I discovered that the bathroom was flooded and my towels were spread all over the floor. I don’t remember leaving it that way the night before so I figure I must have done some sleep cleaning or something. At this point I collapsed on the floor and had a good cry.
The night before I had asked my roommate her favorite verse of the moment. She shared Philippians 4:6,7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ.” So as I cried, I repeated this verse over and over. The more I repeated it, the more peace I felt. Suddenly, my real alarm went off at the time I actually set it, and I began to laugh out loud. It had all been a dream.
I believe that God has a sense of humor. I mean, he could have just told me to relax, the evaluation would be fine and I was going to have a great Monday. Instead, he used a dream, a very real and vivid dream, to say, “Chill out little girl, I am in control.” The dream stuck with me through a very busy and stressful week at work and was a constant reminder that no matter what life throws at me, ultimately God is in control and promises to be with me through it all. For that, I am eternally grateful. Happy Thanksgiving weekend!
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