A Few God Moments

I am officially anti-social again. I simply don’t have the time or energy to do anything with anyone anymore. I guess part of it has to do with the fact that I get up before 5am and stay busy all day. But I have absolutely no urge to do anything social outside of my house. So it’s a good thing that some of my friends come visit me or I probably wouldn’t see anyone anymore!

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Thursday didn’t go exactly as I planned. I rolled down my van window when I stopped at the ATM on my way to work. When I attempted to roll it back up, nothing happened.  Steve met me at work and tried to get the window back up but he couldn’t get it either. It was a nice sunny day so it wouldn’t have made much difference except I needed to take Anthony to Sioux Falls at 2 o’clock. I ended up driving down the interstate at 75 mph with my window completely open. I was not a fan of the fresh air or wind. I knew we would be driving to St Cloud on Sunday so I was thinking it might be a good idea to get it fixed before then. Ironically, Steve had a window on his car do the same thing about a month ago we still haven’t fixed it. We just taped it until we could get a new motor for it and have someone fix it.

So as I was driving Anthony and myself back from Sioux Falls that day, I tried the button for the window repeatedly just in case. I tried banging on the door to try to unstick the window. Nothing worked. We were halfway home before it occured to me that I never asked God for help. Why does it always take me so long before I remember?! So God and I had a conversation about my frustration with the window and I asked Him to fix it. Then I tried the button one last time and the window rolled right up!

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Last week I was also discouraged by the current lack of income on my part and that I couldn't go to the grocery store when I wanted. I turned that one over to God right away! At least I've learned from experience on that one. That evening, a message popped up on my phone from a friend who works for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). She let me know that they had lots of leftover ground beef from a fundraiser and to give them a call if we wanted it. By the end of the night, I had probably 15 pounds of hamburger delivered right to my door!

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I was reminded again by a friend I ran into at the produce stand that God can't pour anything into our hands if our hands are already closed tightly around something else. The more we hang on to something for ourselves because we're afraid to let it go, the less opportunity we give God to show His power and mercy by providing something better for us. Just like children, we only see what we have or want right now. We have no idea what awesome things God might have in store for our lives if we'd only turn them over to Him instead of our constant struggle to provide for ourselves. I need to remember to keep leaning on God instead of myself. That's a really hard one for me :)

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