Tipsy Moose

"There's really nothing you can do about it, it's a tipsy moose." It was purely by accident, the two phrases strung together completely by chance while driving with my family last weekend. It sparked a fit of hysterical laughter for all in the car at the time. At first I thought it would just be one of those misspoken phrases that would give us a laugh but then we'd move on, but the more that I think about it the more I realize the saying rings true.

There's really nothing you can do about a tipsy moose. It’s far too big for you to take care of on your own. It’s a moose for goodness sakes! They’re huge! And he's tipsy! What on earth do you do about a tipsy moose without getting crushed in the process? There's really not much you can do, so the saying began popping up in our conversations.

There are some situations that you simply can't do anything about. All you can do is get out of the way without getting hurt. If it's as big as a tipsy moose, this might be more difficult then it may sound. Perhaps you can laugh at the situation because, admit it, sometimes even a problem as big as a tipsy moose is laughable. Once you get out of its way that is. After all that all you can do is hand the dilemma over to God to correct. The only one big enough to deal with a problem like a tipsy moose would be God himself after all.

The world is full of tipsy moose situations. In fact, I’ve already used the phrase to explain many situations that have come up in the past week alone. Problems so big we can't handle them on our own. Things that you just can't do anything about but pray for God to fix them for us or through us. Because without God’s help, we are sure to get stepped on. And I don’t know about you, but I’d rather not get in the way of a tipsy moose…

 

Tipsy Moose drawn by my amazing cousin. If you want to check out her spectacular artwork go check out her Facebook page Seventh Hall