Have you ever had one of those days. You feel exhausted from the things around you. The world is just too much of a burden for you to carry on your own. You look up and think ok God thanks for the day now I am going into my little cubby hole and hiding out for a bit. That was my kind of day today. I had a busy weekend. We got to bed last night. I only had about 2 hours sleep. My life was just too much to think about or deal with. I was going to hide out from the world. Hide out from everything. That was my plan. The hubby at work, Kids at school. Yes this was the life.
Then reality set in. I had things to do and people to see. Noon hour came and I received a phone call from my oldest daughter’s school. “Can you please come and get your daughter she is not feeling well this morning”. I thought to myself….No quiet day. I assured the secretary I would be there soon. There is a saying a mother’s job is never done. Well this was proof to me. I had one set of plans and obviously God had another for me today. Along the way I decided to do my running around. First I picked up my daughter. Followed by a trip to pay some bills at the bank. I then stopped by a friend’s house to drop something off. Then off to the post office to pick up the mail. When I got to the school my daughter was not outside.
When I went to the bank there was this elderly man. He was walking out as I walked in. He did not look too impressed. He looked like he needed a friend. I saw him coming so I held the door and simply said hi there. To which this man totally transformed. He smiled back and said “why thank you dear”. He then continued to talk about the day and I took a couple minutes to let him know that I was listening. I went and paid my bills and back to the truck. When we went to friends place she soon greeted me with a smile and we talked for a short time. She handed me a small gift. Inside the gift was a little book mark. It was about the Eagles wings. It talked about how an eagle will wait for a storm and when a storm comes the eagle picks its wings up so it can soar above that storm. This was exactly what I needed to hear today. God had used my friend and her random act of kindness to bless me. She had no idea what I was feeling like today. God used her. My last stop was at the post office. There was a young mother that was trying to hold her baby and she also had a little dog with her. She had her hands full. So without thinking I offered to hold her dog while she went inside to get her mail. She came out and I smiled at her and said I hope you have a great day. I never thought about either of the acts of kindness I had offered at both the bank and the post office.
When I came home and sat my little gift down. I looked at it and thought wow what a trip. I did not want to go anywhere. I wanted to hide out form the world and everyone in it. Had my plans not changed, I would have not only deprived myself but two other people of a blessing today. God has amazing blessings for each and every one of us. They come in many forms and God will use us to perform them as well as others to bless us if we allow him.
Romans 12:8
“If your gift is to encourage others, do it! If you have money, share it generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”
Sometimes we do things without thinking. Other times God uses others to bless us. It is important that we do not allow our feelings and attitudes get in the way of what God wants. When we are willing, God will use us and we never know just how God will use us to bless others.
