Where God Wants Me
Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>
One day I happened to call a man on business whom I will probably never talk to again, but this day God wanted me to talk to him.
He was head of security at a company that had invited the remaining members of a company who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers to share their office space. With his voice full of awe, he told me stories of why these people were alive and their counterparts were dead.
All the stories were just little things.
You might know about the head of the company who got in late that day because his son started kindergarten.
Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.
The one that struck me was the man who put on a new pair of shoes that morning.
He took the various means to get to work, but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive.
So, Now when I am stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone... all the little things that annoy me... I think to myself, this is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment. May God continue to bless you with all those annoying little things.
A Tiny Voice Inside
Have you ever been just sitting there and all of a sudden you feel like doing something nice for someone you care for...
THAT'S GOD... He talks to you through the Holy Spirit.
Have you ever been down and out and nobody seems to be around for you to talk to...
THAT'S GOD... He wants you to talk to Him.
Have you ever been thinking about somebody that you haven't seen in a long time and then next thing you know you see them or receive a phone call from them...
THAT'S GOD... there is no such thing as "coincidence."
Have you ever received something wonderful that you didn't even ask for, like money in the mail, a debt that had mysteriously been cleared, or a coupon to a department store where you had just seen something you wanted, but couldn't afford...
THAT'S GOD... He knows the desires of your heart...
Have you ever been in a situation and you had no clue how it is going to get better, but now you look back on it...
THAT'S GOD... He passes us through tribulation to see a brighter day.
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to be the first horse to win the triple-crown in 25 years, the jockey's
small son was shown bursting into prompt and understandable tears. Even
though I was also secretly hoping for this darkhorse to be the winner, I
was not at all inclined to cry over the loss. And I thought about the
fact that if Funny Cide had won, I might have cried.
me in being a parent has been discovering how we develop the ability or
tendency to cry out of happiness. I would never have thought about this
if I hadn't observed it in my children.
weepy in church at a joyful song or at a happy ending in a movie: "Mom,
you're crying!" one was sure to exclaim and I would quickly try to shush
them. I would tell them I was crying because I was happy, which confused
them even more: as a child, you cry if you are sad, hurt, lonely or
upset, but when you are happy?
expected) children seem to finally develop this ability or inclination to
cry when they are happy.
on what makes people cry when sad or happy suddenly clicked. One of the
man's grandchildren read from "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, about the
nature of joy and sorrow. I've heard or read this many times before, but
sometimes things click in a new way: "Your joy is your sorry unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes
filled with your tears. ... The deeper that sorrow carves into your
being, the more joy you can contain. ...When you are joyous, look deep
into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you
sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your
heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has
been your delight." The prophet concludes by saying joy and sorrow are
inseparable.
good thing-because it shows they have been protected enough or lucky
enough to be spared deep and great sadness in their youth. It is only as
we have experienced pain, grief and setback that we then better know the
blessing of health and wellness, healing, and overcoming problems. Part
of maturation involves experiencing enough of life that we have gone
through tough times, death of a loved one, illness, injury,
hospitalizations. We have either personally or vicariously suffered
through dreadful events: murder, kidnapping, and so can feel joy and
tears of empathy when there are happy endings to terrible stories.
and when the happiness is taken away. So even if we must shed tears in
mourning and grief, deep down we can know that we feel grieved because we
have also experienced the kind of love and relationship that gave us joy.
have one without the other helps to heal the grief and sorrow.
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