Funny story...my two kiddo's had an incident a couple of days ago. My son asked my daughter to start his car one cold morning. Now my daughter is only 14 and has only driven maybe twice. Both times she was driving my AUTOMATIC car. Well, his car is a straight drive. He gave her instructions but she said to him, "I don't know how" his response, "Yes, you do"...needless to say that turned out with a car stuck in the mud in the neighbors yard and my clothes line on the ground. Well, a tow truck came and pulled the car out and all is well but today I was thinking that I would take some pictures of the tire tracks and the fallen clothes line just so we could look back some day and laugh when all of sudden it hit me. This is exactly what happens when we expect someone to do something they are not capeable of.
Don't we do that with people all the time? We expect them to fulfill our lives, create our happiness, complete us and when they don't...CRASH goes our world. There is only one person that can fulfill our lives, create our happiness and complete us and that person is God. What a great remembrance. I knew this but it was a sweet reminder this morning.
It goes along with something else that I have learned over the past couple of months. I have felt so invisible for such a long time. It seemed like I would show up to events and remain unseen. Now, I don't know if that is true or not. That could simply be a vain imagination. Either way, I have to remember that if NOONE else in this world ever chooses to sit beside me, if NOONE else ever chooses to invite me to lunch or a dinner party, if NOONE else ever SEES me in my happy times or my times of need GOD SEES ME. Think about Haggar a minute. She was going along minding her own business working for Abraham and Sarah. Sarah asked something of her and she did it then Sarah turned on her. Because Sarah was so mean to her Haggar fled to the desert(side note: Haggar's name means "Flight", interesting huh?) anyway, while out in that desert you know Haggar must have felt invisible. Invisible to everyone around her-especially to God. But then an angel appeared. Another side note: God didn't wait for Haggar to come to him...he met her where she was in her desert. Everyone knows the story. After the angel appeared to her and gave her instruction, Haggar gave God the name "El Roi" the God who sees!! He sees US. He sees YOU and ME. He sees that we are scared. He sees that we need comfort. He sees when we are happy and when we celebrate. He sees everything and CARES about US. That is such an amazing thing.
So, remember...don't expect things from people that they aren't equipped to do. Expect everything from God knowing he SEES you. If you expect things from people they can't provide, we might have to call a tow truck! :)
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