"Late" Lesson
What do you do when you are late? Rush? Fuss? Speed? Stress? Complain? I was having one of those mornings a couple of weeks ago. It was the first day of Bible study and I needed to be there early. My delicious Quinoa Breakfast Casserole didn’t want to cooperate. The recipe said to cook it for 1 hour, but it wasn’t near ready as it sloshed in the pan when I removed it from the oven. I scurried to the car assuming there would be time to finish cooking it when I arrived. However there would be another hiccup along the way—the road construction. As I approached the worksite, the worker slowly rotated his sign requiring me to stop. “Lord you know I don’t have time to stop,” was the thought going through my mind. However it quickly dissipated as I looked up to see the beautiful bronze eagle reflecting the morning sunlight. My thought then became, “You don’t have time not to stop.” It was then that I realized that I needed to see that eagle to remind me to pray, ...