See Our Neighbors
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A Gift Somehow
A Gift Somehow
In this sermon series, we want to look at another opportunity to see the pictures or paintings that we might normally miss. Have you had times in your lives when you noticed a wonderful blessing in the midst of a normal day? In this book Windows of our souls, the author tells of a time when her daughter asked if she would take her to watch a friend play hockey. Now this young person just happened to be challenged with Cerebral Palsy. You see the author had decided to take her work with her and make the best of her day at this event. But when she got there she found the noise and confusion too be too much. She began to notice the way things were going. She noticed this young man who her daughter had promised to come and watch him play. He was obviously challenged, but the students watching him play, encouraged him through many mistakes that he made.
Notice that this woman, who had given part of her day to drive her daughter to this game, was now caught up viewing the painting because she was pausing her life. It was not her plan to be there and it was not her plan to not get work completed during this time. But here she was watching something that she would later store away in her memory bank as a true gift. Her daughter was doing something worth remembering. Those other children were caught up in showing love to this young man. We see these things on Facebook and other media systems, if we are paying attention.
So, the author did not have to find a quiet place to see the picture that was painted for her, she had to be present. In saying yes to her daughter she allowed her daughter to be present with friends who wanted to love a friend. So ask yourself, What is happening in my world that I need to pay attention to? A few weeks ago, one of our congregants received the gift of sight, right here in this church. Were you there? During our Christmas Eve service, one of our little ones broke down and cried because she did not like what they did to Jesus. Were you available to see this moment in her life?