God's Chisel

Do you ever look around at life and just wonder, "God, what You doing?!?!" I know I sure do!

This winter I got my parent's car stuck in the snow. Because I do not have a phone and Caleb (my bro whom I live with) was gone, and all my neighbors not home, I had to walk two miles to get to someone who could take me to work. [I cut it close on making it to work on time that day!] 

On Valentine's Day of this year, I was out giving Valentine's and visiting some friends. On the way home I hit a huge deer, shattering the windshield and getting to pay a lot of money for a new one. 

A man came into the library where I work looking for the encyclopedias. It is a series of all these books full of information, right, but for some reason I had the dictionary in my head, so one book, not a set. I could not find the encyclopedia for the life of me!! Then this patron shows me, the librarian, where they are. [for the record, it was a long day, but seriously, talk about a humbling event!]

We stub our toes, hit our head on beams, hammer our fingers instead of nails, fall on ice, trip over those invisible lines and spill on our favorite outfit or white shirt!

Why do these things happen to us? Could it be that they happen because God loves us? Yep, I think so.

Check out this video about God making us into His masterpiece. You will not regret taking the time to watch it!! :)

So Friend, maybe the next time something goes "wrong" in our day or it is just not going like we wanted or planned, instead of getting upset/impatient, we should ask God what He is teaching us and what He wants to change in us; thanking Him for caring enough to change us.

"Jesus, may we take every opportunity to become more like You! Help us to see these annoyances as lessons from you rather than a dread. May the desire to be more like You outweigh wanting life to "go our way". God, thank You for teaching us!"

Blessings on your weekend!!