Peace of Mind can be a choice and a gift.

Letting go sometimes is so hard to do.  We decided to go to a movie the other day as a family.  A treat in itself until I realized that he had already been drinking.  They had been working outside most of the afternoon and in the basement. My son admitted to having 3 clamato and beer drinks and mentioned that Dad had offered him a 4th, but he was starting to feel tipsy.  Not sure how many hubby had, but son's breath smelled like clamato. Hubby's breath smelled like booze.  He was visibly tipsy and  not in all that great of humour.

He was in an even more foul mood when I hopped in the driver's seat, but I wasn't going to let him drive.  He grumbled explicitly, but let it go.  It was a good movie and we had a nice time despite the rocky start.

Yes, I wish he hadn't been drinking. Yes, I wish that he hadn't been giving drinks to my son, but he is old enough now and thankfully, responsible enough to say no too!  Yes the evening could have started off on a more pleasant note, but I chose not to let his poor decision making ruin it for me.

I ignored his grumbling about driving, let him pick the movie seats and thoroughly enjoyed the movie.  I realized that his drinking is not my problem. His attitude is not my problem and he will eventually move from the grumpy mood to a better one. Yes, sobering up for a couple hours probably helped too.

God is what is important.  All other things will pass.

John 14:27 ESV

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

John 13:33 ESV

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”