Ever had one of those days? All you had to do was basically lace your shoes and it would be golden. But, you couldn't even pull that off. Those are even more frustrating than the days when nothing is going your way. These are the days when you had only one thing you had to accomplish for the entire 24 hours and yet somehow you managed to flub that too. It's sort of like when my wife spends the afternoon preparing a delicious treat, places it in the oven, and then asks me to pull it out an hour later. I didn't have to prepare it or put in any effort of my own. All I had to do was get up, reach down, and lift it out of the oven when the timer was up. Yet, somehow, 75 minutes later it dawns on me that I had a task to do. (So much for pound cake).
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney seemed to have one of those days this weekend. Word was out that at a Saturday morning campaign appearance in Virginia, Mitt would announce his pick for a VP running mate. Tons of work had gone on behind the scenes to make this pivotal moment come to fruition. The only responsibility he had was to introduce Paul Ryan as the next VP of the United States. Well, as you may have heard, Romney even flubbed that. Mitt's speech hits a crescendo and everyone listening leans in for this proclamation, only to have him wind up introducing Paul Ryan as the next President of the US.
Don't you just love those days? You have one simple thing to accomplish and you can't even manage to get that right. I've had my share. I'm sure I'm in for many more before my days here on earth are done. But, in the meantime, you just have to smile, shake your head, and laugh (a lot). Thanks God for giving me what I truly need in life to fulfill your purposes for me and not what I want.
