Do you sometimes wonder why things are happening to you and
you don't have any answers? But then after everything happens you look back and
say, “But God.” I did not realize that storms that I’ve been going through were
going to allow me to help someone else.
Without any notification, I found myself having car issues
that I was NOT ready for. After a recent
accident, which I won’t elaborate on ‘whose fault it was, I found myself
becoming complacent. You know when things are going great for you and you
settle your mind, your spirit—just get comfortable in your own little
world. Well, my little piece of ‘Heaven
on earth’ got infiltrated by a few disruptions.
A warning light had been coming on in my vehicle. I
initially ignored it, but it became progressively worse and began to interfere
with different functions such as the speed dropping as I drove. After trying to brainstorm it with my ‘mechanically
inclined’ son, we were able to reset it. To say the least, that did not FIX the
problem and I had to do what I dreaded doing… take it to be serviced. You know
how we are always trying to get around the obvious; not wanting to disrupt ‘routine.’
So I finally had it towed in and found myself having to
Uber to get around. Well, poor, poor li
l ole me, right? Through all of this, I had to
get off of my ‘high horse’ or ‘majestic throne,’ and deal with others… My world
was NOT my own, because I needed to be patient and depend on someone else for
something as simple- to me, at least to me, like a ride to a grocery store...
To say the least, for the past few days I have been an ear
for people who have been going through some issues. From a semi-homeless family to a father who JUST found he had a daughter, after 33 years, who had been put up for
adoption. And I must also add the young gentleman whose wife had kidney failure
and doctors pronounced her dead after she blacked out. His fervent prayer and pushing
the medical team to revive her was miraculous. After revival, they said she
would not function because her brain was without oxygen too long… she is now out
of the coma but during that time he found she had been cheating for a year and
a half.
When I look at their situation I think to myself I am not
going through anything in comparison. I thank God for where I am now because I
don't know if I would have the strength to endure what they are having to
endure. And guess what they just needed a listening ear. But, their issues and
problems have given me an eye-opening experience. This is not about me or them
this is about God working in all of our lives. The Uber drivers, the wrecker towing
person, they all had horrific stories. And mine may not have been what theirs
was, but God was allowing me to see that what I'm going through somebody else
is going through much, much worse.
MY question. To whom do we trust? When was the last time you had a wake-up call?
