Not what I wanted to hear.

I'm trying to keep my cool in the face of adversity.

Romans 13:1 says "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."

Sometimes it is so hard, though. Sometimes those in charge of me dangle their superiority over me in such a way that it drives me crazy. I feel like a cat, with a crazed look in it's eye, focused on the piece of yarn.

I am a girl who hates to be told what to do. I don't know why. I just am. I hate when I have ideas of my own and someone over me decides that my way isn't the way to go. There are times like these when the only reason I can come to is that my superior is just brandishing her display of power. It makes me so frustrated that I could cry.

I know that's not how God wants me to be. I know in my heart that I'm supposed to turn the other cheek and submit to authority. I know that His ways are higher than mine and that all we be made right. Eventually. It's just the eventually that gets me.

I'm working through this, though.

Lord, help me to be at peace with the answers that I am given. Help me to not get caught up in the why's and wherefore's that surround the response that has been spoken to me. Help me to just trust that You are working for good in my life. Help me to remember that no one, not even those put in charge of me, can get in the way of the plans you have for me.