Last week I took a 22 hour flight from Sydney Australia via Abu Dabi to arrive in Manchester about 7 am.
As I stood haggard with 3 of my children at the baggage claim I was people watching. I spied one woman who had taken extreme care in how she dressed that morning unlike myself who was feeling every second of the trip.
The lady had some how managed to do her make up and hair, and was looking gorgeous even after a long haul flight. However by her body language I could tell so much more about her than I could her clothes. She was becoming increasingly impatient, worried, frustrated at her lack of luggage.
As I walked further down to collect my stroller, I heard someone approach from behind me. Her high bling laden heels tap tap tapped on the floor as she approached the man in charge of stroller collection.
As she opened her mouth to ask him about her luggage I was knocked over by what came out of her mouth. She let 'rip' as us Aussies say, with a whole host of language that would make an outback shearer blush.
I was gobsmacked.
As I watched the scene further unfold I saw her go to ask somebody else about her luggage.
It turned out she was standing on the wrong conveyor belt and her luggage was coming out on the opposite side of the room.
This morning as I regain some of my senses and jet lag lifts I wonder if sometimes as a Christian I am like this.
We can dress ourselves up in all kinds of attire as Christians. Our ministries, our worship, our churches, can become the external 'blings' of Christendom for everyone to see.
We may be presented in our Sunday best physically and symbolically, yet our body language and our speech maybe saying more about what is happening on the inside of us than we would often care to admit.
And then, having all of that together and looking fine, we find ourselves becoming increasingly frustrated and irritated at God not showing up where we are...... but rather is at the opposite end of the building with those other people. We too may just be in the wrong spot.
Where are we standing today? In a place where appearance matters or where our words actions and behavior reflect Jesus? Are we impatient when God does not show up? Or are we ever seeking where we should be standing?
Comments (2)
Great post reminding us to see where we are at...........
Really good post!!! This is so true!!!