Forgot to post yesterday. Oops. Psalm 55 is a good psalm for how I was feeling yesterday at work:

Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help! Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me, hunting me down in their anger. My heart is in anguish. The terror of death overpowers me. Fear and trembling overwhelm me. I can't stop shaking. Oh, how I wish I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. How quickly I would escape-far away from the wild storm of hatred. (Psalm 55:1-8)

While I wasn't fearful of dying yesterday, I was feeling completely overwhelmed, especially because people were coming in and asking for help with things that we don't have anything to do with. For example, one person wanted me to get a United representative up to the gate, and the only people I could call was at the Comm Center, and they told me they couldn't page them. A few hours later, a woman wanted help with the ATM, and the Comm Center again was not much help, and this time I had a store full of people and I was the only one on, due to our lousy scheduling system. What the airport needs is a passenger service kiosk in the terminal, rather than leaving it to vendors which can do nothing to help people.

However, a little further on the Psalm reads:

But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. Morning, noon, and night I plead aloud in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice. He rescues me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, even though many still oppose me. God, who is king forever, will hear me and will humble them. (16-19)

I guess I would call this the "psalm of the overwhelmed." It's good to remember when we feel like we can't handle things, God can. God does hear us in our distress, and He will take care of us. We just need to remember.