How Much Do I Miss?

Lord,
You are awesome and holy and you fill the universe with Your majesty! I fall at your feet in reverence. How often do I miss what You have for me? How often do my plans and my agenda take precedence over what You would have me do or say or be? Once again today, you have shown me that first and foremost, You do not need me to bring about your will and that so often, I just get in Your way. But, Lord, thank you for being so gracious to me and allowing me to just touch the very hem of Your garment.

Today, Lord, in the middle of my busy-ness, you brought a man named Gaylon into my life. Gaylon called and wanted to look at a chair that we had listed on Craig's List. I gave him directions and in about thirty minutes, he showed up at our door. Gaylon was a soft-spoken man who had recently moved to the area from Oklahoma. He was retired and was obviously lonely. He had been a widower for the past 15 years. He mentioned that he had not really met anyone to talk to (apparently he has tried a lot of angles here, including the construction foreman at the apartments being built in his neighborhood!) He liked the chair and immediately said he would take it. However, as he continued to talk about everything and nothing, Lord, you impressed on me that he was lonely and that nothing I had planned or on my really important agenda was more important to You than this 74-year old man! I am so grateful that You saw him through Your eyes, Lord, instead of through mine! As we continued to talk, Lord, You revealed to me exactly what You were about! Not only was he lonely, but he needed a Savior and You were about to let me see You work! As we talked, Gaylon said he had lead a good life, but he wasn't sure it was good enough to get into heaven. By this time, the conversation had moved to the front yard, so I asked him back into the house and we walked through Romans and we reached the point where Gaylon, said, "So it's not really about how good I am, it's about how good Jesus was?" Lord, I couldn't have said it any better! After we prayed, Gaylon asked if I could write these verse down for him, so he could look at them as he put it, "all the time." We talked more about what next steps he should take. As he left, he said, "I came here to buy a chair and I am leaving with something worth a lot more than any chair!" Again, Lord, I couldn't have said it better.

Thank You that You do not let me get in the way of Your plans! And thank You that even in my foolishness and my human weakness, You let me be part of those plans. Lord, teach me to see what I miss and to be open to You!