"It's impossible to love God in a hurry. I typically view the person in front of me as an obstacle to accomplishing my true mission, but Jesus viewed the person in front of him as his true mission."
Vince Antonucci in I Became a Christian and All I got was this Lousy T-Shirt. Now, that's a good read.
For me it is easy to sit here on a nice, sunny afternoon and ponder who will be such a mission for me. Who will the Lord put in front of me tomorrow?
But the reality is that tomorrow I will forget today's conviction. Tomorrow I will be
- frustrated by the clerk at Wal-Mart
- irritated by the fry chef at Burger King
- annoyed with the insurance guy who calls
- and fed up with the warranty people on the phone
and at those moments, I am looking at myself. I am focussed on the interruption to my life. And I do not see what He sees.
How foolish I am.
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