Man, I was having the most amazing day. Felt like the weather yesterday (wet and gray), and this morning I woke up feeling fantastic. Wonderful prayer time this morning. A chance to be with 8 great pastors I've been tracking with in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area for you non-Ontarians) for a year now. Fantastic. Was even going to get the optical drive on my macbook pro fixed since I was in Toronto. Sweet.
Then I got an email that pretty much means I have to haul gear this morning in order for us to have sound on Sunday. A broken speaker needs to be fixed and at this point, looks like I'm the transport guy.
Now I am thrilled about having sound on Sunday at our Orillia campus. I am happy to help.
But it bugs me when my plans shift. Last night I was walking into a Tim Horton's for a meeting and ran into a guy I haven't seen in a while. I was totally awkward in the conversation and even got his wife's name wrong because the chance encounter rattled me. The strange part is that I like these people. It was the "chance" part of the meeting that made me feel all awkward. Something comes unhinged inside me when met with unexpected encounters.
I am a weird duck. Anyone else struggle with this?
I say all this only to say this: one of my growth points in life over these last three years has been to learn to enjoy the spontaneous moments in life. I thought I had been making tons of progress on this. Guess I'm still learning!
A while ago my car was in for repair and a client had to pick me up. I was so distracted and uncomfortable because I wasn't in control that it was almost a wasted meeting.How can I be spontaneously ready for God's agenda when I can't let go of myself and my own comfort zone?
Posted by: Laurie | October 11, 2008 at 09:41 AM