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Out To Pastor
I was working on my computer when The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage walked in and said, “Are you ready to go?” She caught me by surprise.
I looked up from my computer and, staring at her, said, “What are you talking about?”
“You remember what you said this morning? That we can go to get our blood drawn for the doctor?”
I looked at her, not knowing what she was talking about, and said, “What doctor are you talking about?”
“Don’t tell me you don’t remember me telling you about our appointment this afternoon?”
Not knowing what else to do, I got up, followed her out to the car, and we went to have our blood drawn.
When I’m doing some work on my computer, I can hear what’s going on around me, but I don’t understand, and I’m not really listening to it. I’m afraid I say “yes,” not knowing what I am “yessing” to. That can get me into a lot of trouble. Believe me it has.
The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage recently approached me while I was working and said, “I’ll take that $50 you promised me to get groceries.”
I looked at her and said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You know, I ask you this morning if you could give me $50 to get groceries this afternoon. You said you would.”
I pulled out my wallet; all I had was $50. I handed it to her, and then I thought about it. Is it a coincidence that she asked for $50, and all I had in my wallet was $50? Did she really ask me that morning for $50?
If I only paid attention, maybe I could figure some of these things out. I don’t remember telling her that I would give her $50 for groceries, but after all, I am not going to infer to her that she is lying to me.
While she was going to get the groceries, I pondered this subject for a while. Then, I had a wonderful thought that maybe I could get even with her. I thought about it, put it together very nicely, and was ready to put it together when she walked in.
She came home from shopping and put the bags on the table, so I went to the kitchen, looked at her, and said, “Can I have the Apple Fritter that you promised me now?” I was laughing on the inside and trying to keep it from coming to the outside. There was no way she was going to get out of this one.
Looking at me seriously, she said, “Oh, my dear. I got that Apple Fritter, and it smelled so good that I’m afraid I ate it on the way home.”
Thinking about this I was reminded of a special verse of scripture. My spiritual life is based on my hearing the “word of God.”
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God,” Romans 10:17.
I can read the Bible but not really hear what God is saying to me. If I don’t hear what God is saying how can I live a life that is pleasing unto the Lord. Daily I need to so surrender to God’s word that I understand what He really wants of me.
