{ant·sy Adjective: Agitated, impatient, or restless}
Christmas Day with all its excitements leaves some of my children antsy the next day.
They want to consume all the chocolate given yesterday, all at once. They have played with all their new toys for 10 minutes each and now they have nothing to do. They feel like there is no one to play with. Can I watch some more movies? Can we go out? Can I? Can I?
Oh dear! But it’s an attitude, that I recognise. (1 Cor 10:13).
Sometimes the best thing a parent can do is to say “no”. It’s a painful adjustment for the child but they gain the skill of being able to quieten their own heart. Some of them, depending on their personality learn this lesson more easily that others. Some of us are still learning it 
What do we do when God tells us “no” or asks us to wait. How do we quieten our hearts? I think Psalm 131 gives some clues ( also Philippians 4:6-7):
Psalm 131
1 My heart is not proud, LORD,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
2 But I have calmed and quieted myself,
I am like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child I am content.
3 Israel, put your hope in the LORD
both now and forevermore.
I put my hope in God and and I take Elizabeth Elliot’s advice and do the next thing.
