Day Four of God’s Gum
These days it takes more than a few disappointments to discourage me. In fact, I have more patience with others than I do with myself!
What a beautiful morning it was this morning! The sky was clear and blue and the sun shone into my bedroom through the sliding glass doors. It had been a while since I woke up feeling this good. I could get used to this! Realistically, though, I know that these mornings are rare blessings that I appreciate very much.
Both of us, my son and I, had time to share breakfast together. We were not hurried at all with anything that we needed to do. It was great. But, and there’s always a “but”, when we got to the truck I noticed that my right-rear tire was extremely low. So low, in fact, that I knew I shouldn’t get out on the highway. Time was now a premium. Should I get out my little rinky-dink air compressor and wait 15 minutes while the tire aired up or should I pay the $0.50 at Cumberland Farms for a much faster pump?
That decision didn’t wasn’t hard to make. Still not too worried or stressed out I set out for the convenience store and quickly aired up my tire. The whole thing didn’t take more than 3 or 4 minutes. Don’t sweat the small stuff, I thought.
That little situation made me think back on why I should give God thanks for everything. He is so merciful and kind to me. Even when everything appears to be going wrong and it’s all because of me and my actions and attitudes, God is patient and waiting (and wanting) me to turn to Him and ask for guidance. He wants me to always look to Him for all my needs. That’s something that I need to remember at all times.
I’m not saying that my Christian walk is constantly meandering. No, I’m saying that while I go throughout my day I get distracted by things that are not God opportunities, or rather, God’s Gum opportunites. Today was like that in a way because I spoke with others off and on but never really conversed with anyone. Shop talk was all it was today. And when I wasn’t talking about work, I was alone in a computer lab woking on a server.
I felt very distant from everybody today. The three of us in my cube area all had work to do and we’re really good about getting things accomplished the way they should. We all have a good work ethic. We chatted for a few minutes off and on but it was mainly about work. But that was about it. During lunch, I looked for someone to sit with in the cafeteria but found noone I really knew that wasn’t already engaged in conversation. I sat alone.
I can’t help but think that I am tested in some way. What is the test and what am I to learn from it? I have a few ideas but I want to wait until tomorrow to jot them down.
Stay tuned…
