Murphy Who?

We've all heard of the saying "It's Murphy's Law", but who is Murphy anyway and why does this phenomenon seem to be true?  Well, I looked it up on wisegeek.com and the short of it is; he was an Air Force engineer who was doing experiments and realized all the sensors he was testing had been installed wrong, thus birthed the comment about whatever can go wrong will.  I am no stranger to the idea of this theory but have certainly found it to be truer now as a new mom.

She did that all by herself!

For example:

1. Whenever I try to take a nap the baby wakes up right as I am drifting off to dreamland. That always puts me in a worse mood than if I hadn't attempted to nap in the first place.

2. Whenever I take a shower my baby wakes up crying cutting my alone time short once again.

3. My cooking record is taking a serious hit as inevitably the baby needs something that distracts me and I burn whatever was cooking. It is not uncommon that I have to make toast 2-3 times before I can eat or feed it to the baby.

4. My latest one happened just a couple days ago, baby woke up from her nap a little early (no surprise there) so I decided to make a quick trip to the grocery before company came, loaded the baby in the car, texted my friend to shift plans 15 min., got to the store and realized I forgot my wallet, what a bummer!

My best laid plans and intentions often get thwarted, is it Murphy's Law or just the consequence of living in an imperfect world and trying to be in control?  Sometimes I think we can get too focused on what isn't going our way instead of noticing the blessings and good stuff that comes our way.  When I ask God to be the center of my day I have way less "Murphy's Law" moments and more "Divine Appointments."

1 Thessalonians 5:18
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.