I had another appointment (updated)
I woke up late. I didn't set my alarm because I rarely sleep past eight. I did wake up about 7:30, but rolled back over and went to sleep. Two hours later, the dogs woke me up. They had to go, and when I looked at the clock, so did I!
But I gotta take the dogs out first. So I do. And then I see the little half-dead kitten on my doorstep. I don't know if this one is gonna make it, but I put him someplace safe and got him some water. Small voice inside tells me that pussycat needs some milk, so I get him a small dish of milk instead and take a couple of minutes and make sure it's going to drink some of the milk.
In the mean time, I woke up stiff so before the dogs went out, I started to run a hot bath. I thought I'd have 10 minutes to sit in the tub before church. Um, nope. After pussycat, it's now 9:51 and church starts at ten.
Apparently I have another washing machine problem that I only became aware of yesterday. I gotta see what that problem is today. In the mean time, the laundry fairy has taken my laundry and not returned it. That meant my black slacks are MIA, among other things. I have more than one pair of pants, so I put on my titanium grey pants and they're missing a button. Great. It's going to be jeans today, so I find a pair of jeans that I won't be too embarrassed to wear to church and put them on. But, as I'm fumbling through the closet, I'm asking God if there's a particular reason He doesn't want me to go to church today.
Then it's rounding up the wallet and car keys. No biggie, that took just a minute. I promised someone some green beans from the garden, so I look briefly for a sack to put them in. I don't find one, so I finally just dump the beans into the crisper in the fridge and use the sack they were in, grab the coffee out of the microwave, and I'm out the door.
Now, a brief interruption in the story for the setup for the next part of the story:
Better than 90% of the time, you'll find my car radio tuned to the local Bible Broadcasting Network radio station (BBN Radio 95.5 fm in O-town). So it was as I started the car.
And no word of a lie, the pastor giving the sermon on the program that was on is talking about God using delays. I broke out laughing, because my little morning was delay after delay. (note, I added the link to this program just so you don't think I'm making this up!)
Normally, I don't like walking into church late, but it's just about 15 minutes late and I haven't missed the sermon. So, I find myself driving to church and listening to this program and the light at 25th & Monroe is red. And I have to make a decision: Is this just some kind of random, or is this, as the man just said on the radio, a delay that is some kind of divine appointment?
Listening to the little thought that says, "You need to finish listening to this.", I turn right and decide that for today, church is going to be in the car.
At this point, I'm just driving around and listening. I find myself at another red light and turn left, for absolutely no reason except deciding, well, I'll go this way. The sermon goes on with illustrations of how God used delays in this person's life or that person's. A few minutes later, and I find myself approaching Wall Avenue. If I go straight, it takes me to the freeway so I decide to turn left. There is a little white car next to me. I pay it no attention because I'm just kind of wrapped up in the sermon. The light seems to be a long one, and for some reason I glance up into the rear view mirror and that's when I see her.
Hiya, Mrs. Coop!
Yup, it's the wife and she's behind the white car and has figured out I'm not in church, because the car in front of her pulls up about a foot and you could probably have put another car in front of those two. By now, I'm laughing, and I mean really laughing because God has a great sense of humor. I just continue to listen to the sermon and laugh to myself, because it was truly one of those divine appointments.
I was someplace I shouldn't have been because of the things that happened to me this morning and I absolutely do not believe in coincidence! But am I reading anything into it... nope. Just that God had a message for me to hear and for some reason that I have no earthly way of knowing, seeing each other was a part of God's plan for both of our days. Again, I'm just reporting on what happened without saying this or that about it.
As the sermon continues, I notice I'm out of coffee, so I decide to drive to the Starbuck's on Riverdale Road. They have a drive-thru so I wont' miss the sermon. And I'm just kinda taking my time getting there. The funny thing to me was that, when I pulled in, the drive thru was way backed up, so I decided to just go in, but pulling into the parking lot, I notice there is a sign in an empty storefront that wants me to call Bob!
No, not after Friday. But thanks, though. That too, made me laugh. I sat in the car and just listened to the rest of the sermon, then I enjoyed my coffee.
I missed the worship service at First Baptist Church today, but by no means, did I miss Church. I was very blessed today to have a little one-on-one time with the Lord and found a good way to offer a gift in the process, which is a private matter not for discussion, but it, too, was part of my appointment with God.
After you read this, I want you to do something: As you go about your day, I want you to look at everything you see; the mountains, the trees, the sky, children at play, just everything in creation. With that in mind, think about this: That's a pretty incredible story I told and if it's coincidence, I'm due for winning the lottery. But if I'm right, the Creator of everything you see today, our God, our Heavenly Father, worked in my life. That's awesome and quite humbling. And I may be laughing about it, but it's not a ha-ha laugh; it's just a very benevolent and respectful laugh at the magnificence of God and today, as He is everyday, worthy of honor, glory, and praise.
So here's the update: The pussycat seems to be doing better. Nobody sells boric acid that I could find today, so I just used warm water to clean out its' eyes. June came by and gave it some tuna. I gave it some more tuna and some more milk. Later in the evening, during the thunderstorm, it disappeared. But it was moving around some and that's a lot better than it was.
But I gotta take the dogs out first. So I do. And then I see the little half-dead kitten on my doorstep. I don't know if this one is gonna make it, but I put him someplace safe and got him some water. Small voice inside tells me that pussycat needs some milk, so I get him a small dish of milk instead and take a couple of minutes and make sure it's going to drink some of the milk.
In the mean time, I woke up stiff so before the dogs went out, I started to run a hot bath. I thought I'd have 10 minutes to sit in the tub before church. Um, nope. After pussycat, it's now 9:51 and church starts at ten.
Apparently I have another washing machine problem that I only became aware of yesterday. I gotta see what that problem is today. In the mean time, the laundry fairy has taken my laundry and not returned it. That meant my black slacks are MIA, among other things. I have more than one pair of pants, so I put on my titanium grey pants and they're missing a button. Great. It's going to be jeans today, so I find a pair of jeans that I won't be too embarrassed to wear to church and put them on. But, as I'm fumbling through the closet, I'm asking God if there's a particular reason He doesn't want me to go to church today.
Then it's rounding up the wallet and car keys. No biggie, that took just a minute. I promised someone some green beans from the garden, so I look briefly for a sack to put them in. I don't find one, so I finally just dump the beans into the crisper in the fridge and use the sack they were in, grab the coffee out of the microwave, and I'm out the door.
Now, a brief interruption in the story for the setup for the next part of the story:
Better than 90% of the time, you'll find my car radio tuned to the local Bible Broadcasting Network radio station (BBN Radio 95.5 fm in O-town). So it was as I started the car.
And no word of a lie, the pastor giving the sermon on the program that was on is talking about God using delays. I broke out laughing, because my little morning was delay after delay. (note, I added the link to this program just so you don't think I'm making this up!)
Normally, I don't like walking into church late, but it's just about 15 minutes late and I haven't missed the sermon. So, I find myself driving to church and listening to this program and the light at 25th & Monroe is red. And I have to make a decision: Is this just some kind of random, or is this, as the man just said on the radio, a delay that is some kind of divine appointment?
Listening to the little thought that says, "You need to finish listening to this.", I turn right and decide that for today, church is going to be in the car.
At this point, I'm just driving around and listening. I find myself at another red light and turn left, for absolutely no reason except deciding, well, I'll go this way. The sermon goes on with illustrations of how God used delays in this person's life or that person's. A few minutes later, and I find myself approaching Wall Avenue. If I go straight, it takes me to the freeway so I decide to turn left. There is a little white car next to me. I pay it no attention because I'm just kind of wrapped up in the sermon. The light seems to be a long one, and for some reason I glance up into the rear view mirror and that's when I see her.
Hiya, Mrs. Coop!
Yup, it's the wife and she's behind the white car and has figured out I'm not in church, because the car in front of her pulls up about a foot and you could probably have put another car in front of those two. By now, I'm laughing, and I mean really laughing because God has a great sense of humor. I just continue to listen to the sermon and laugh to myself, because it was truly one of those divine appointments.
I was someplace I shouldn't have been because of the things that happened to me this morning and I absolutely do not believe in coincidence! But am I reading anything into it... nope. Just that God had a message for me to hear and for some reason that I have no earthly way of knowing, seeing each other was a part of God's plan for both of our days. Again, I'm just reporting on what happened without saying this or that about it.
As the sermon continues, I notice I'm out of coffee, so I decide to drive to the Starbuck's on Riverdale Road. They have a drive-thru so I wont' miss the sermon. And I'm just kinda taking my time getting there. The funny thing to me was that, when I pulled in, the drive thru was way backed up, so I decided to just go in, but pulling into the parking lot, I notice there is a sign in an empty storefront that wants me to call Bob!
No, not after Friday. But thanks, though. That too, made me laugh. I sat in the car and just listened to the rest of the sermon, then I enjoyed my coffee.
I missed the worship service at First Baptist Church today, but by no means, did I miss Church. I was very blessed today to have a little one-on-one time with the Lord and found a good way to offer a gift in the process, which is a private matter not for discussion, but it, too, was part of my appointment with God.
After you read this, I want you to do something: As you go about your day, I want you to look at everything you see; the mountains, the trees, the sky, children at play, just everything in creation. With that in mind, think about this: That's a pretty incredible story I told and if it's coincidence, I'm due for winning the lottery. But if I'm right, the Creator of everything you see today, our God, our Heavenly Father, worked in my life. That's awesome and quite humbling. And I may be laughing about it, but it's not a ha-ha laugh; it's just a very benevolent and respectful laugh at the magnificence of God and today, as He is everyday, worthy of honor, glory, and praise.
So here's the update: The pussycat seems to be doing better. Nobody sells boric acid that I could find today, so I just used warm water to clean out its' eyes. June came by and gave it some tuna. I gave it some more tuna and some more milk. Later in the evening, during the thunderstorm, it disappeared. But it was moving around some and that's a lot better than it was.
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