“It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.”
–Jeremy Taylor

When I stop and think about it, it is amazing how much of my day is filled with instances of the impossible. Yesterday morning I was sitting in one meeting, realizing that I needed to be across town in another in a very short time. So, I was a bit worried, and called and left a message that I would be late for that meeting. Seconds later, since I was going to check my voice message after I asked for postponement, there was a message asking me if I could move that meeting. Later in the day I remembered that another client wanted to meet with me, and that we had not arranged a time that day. When I called him he asked if we could wait and do things next week.

My days are like that, and I’m sure yours are, too. If I look at the smaller moments, there are so many instances where I can see God’s hand working things out when I seem quite in a tizzy. At the end of the day, those are the things I want to remember. To embrace. I don’t want to dwell on all the times yesterday when things weren’t going quite the way I had planned in my perfect little world where I can be in multiple places at one time and make everyone happy and get everything done. At the end of the day I need to give those over to God. Otherwise where would the energy for today’s smile come from?

My Helper is all powerful. Why should I despair? Okay, it is hard to ask that question and not immediately be flooded by “His Eye Is On the Sparrow” coursing through my head.

Alright, I have to ask: how many times have you been late, and it was a good thing? Or when you didn’t get something done, and it was a good thing?

I am amazed at how many times I think I’ve screwed something up, and God uses it. That gives me so much encouragement to not beat myself up. To give things over to God at the end of the day, and just ask Him to make something great out of something that I have mucked up… because I’m an expert at mucking up. I also find grace in knowing that maybe the plans that I had were not quite in alignment with His will, and maybe that’s why they didn’t work out as I had scheduled them.

Alright, gotta run. I’m late for an informal meeting. Seriously.

“He who does the will of God abides forever.” (1 John 2:17)