Last Tuesday my wife, daughter, and a dear friend went to see a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. It was a night game, and the Cubs were playing the White Sox. We all were looking forward to the game.

My daughter works at the Shedd Aquarium, and we picked her up after work and traveled to Wrigley Field.

The traffic was horrific. Leaving the Shedd shortly before 5:30 p.m., I thought we would be able to make it to the Cubs ballpark by 6:30 p.m. Boy was I wrong. We arrived at about 7:15 p.m.

As I sat very frustrated in bumper-to-bumper traffic, I told everyone if the car that I really erred in my timing and should have had us leave earlier. I wanted to get to the ballpark early and enjoy a relaxing hot dog and liquid refreshment before the game started. My wife tried to comfort me in my growing frustration by gently replying not to worry about when we would arrive, noting we cannot do anything about it so try not to let it bother me. It bothered me though.

As I thought about it the following day though, two thoughts came to my mind. First Matthew’ s Gospel, “...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body ...look at the birds in the air; they do not sow or reap or store away...yet your Father feeds them...Can anyone of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? (MT 6:25-34).

The second thought is from Psalm 46, “Be still and know I am God”. As I asked God to help us get to and from the game safely, I lost sight that I had surrendered the trip to the protection of God. I lost the moment of simply enjoying the warm conversations that were present in the car as we fought traffic. I let my desire to control everything negatively impact my journey. Hope you do better than I did in such situations. I will try to do better next time. Remember: “Be still and know that I am God”.

The noun, rumination, means a deep considered though about something.

-By Deacon Tom Gryzbek