Divine Interruptions

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's thoughts: "We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions. We may pass them by, preoccupied with our more important tasks, as the priest passed by the man who had fallen among thieves... When we do that we pass by the visible sign of the Cross raised across our path to show us that, not our way, but God's way must be done... But it is part of the discipline of humility that we must not spare our hand where it can perform a service and that we do not assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God."

Candy's thoughts: Ouch! As confessed just two weeks ago here on CandyceLand, I am addicted to all things list-related: the making of them, the organizing of them, and finally the doing of them. So when my schedule goes askew, so do I.  My mind gets flustered and frustrated, and I overcompensate by scrambling to do ALL THE THINGS ON MY OWN LIST instead of calming down and doing ALL THE THINGS ON GOD'S LIST. 

The good part of this story is that through sanctification I have become much better at dealing with scheduling snafus than when I was younger. These days (meaning now that I'm much older... 😉) I am more relaxed when the unexpected happens. Years of experience have shown me that more often than not the divine interruptions that come my way are delightful gifts from God. I'm referring to surprise calls or emails during the day from people that make me stop for a smile or laugh; an opportunity to care for my grandsons; a call for help from someone who ends up blessing me much more than the other way around.

If as believers we truly believe in the sovereignty of God, then we should be looking for these 'God Moments' and rejoice that He is sending a gift to us through them - not to discourage us - but to bless us. Praise God From Whom All Blessings (And Interruptions!) Flow! 😇