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2-22-12 To busy looking down to see what's right in front of you


2-22-12 To busy looking down to see what’s right in front of you!

I was looking for a parking place at work.  I was looking down the drive aisle of parked cars to see if there was an empty spot.  I decided there might be so I went to go down the aisle and I look and there is an empty spot right in front of me!

I was so busy looking “down” that I missed what was right in front of me!

There’s a message here somewhere.

A message about keeping our eyes on what’s in front of us, on Jesus, on the goal.

A message about keeping our eyes open to possibilities, especially ones that are staring us in the face.

A message about not looking “down” but “up” and forward toward the one directing our path.

A message about being so absorbed that we miss the obvious.

A message about looking in the wrong place for something.  Why is it we always find what we’re looking for in the last place we look?  Duh! Because we found it!

An event of the past was just brought to mind.  I was looking for pictures of elephants for my daughter.  Don’t remember why.  Don’t remember if I was specifically looking for a calendar or not.  After going all over town, I found a calendar at the flea market.  If I remember right, it was the closest spot to my house of all the places I’d been.  I asked God why He hadn’t told me I could find it there and He told me because I didn’t ask.  Ouch!

Lord, what am I missing today because I’m not looking in the right spot?  Open my eyes and spirit Lord to your leading!

Melissa Going
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