Battery Life | JOURNEY OF THANKFULNESS

Yup. Even a dead battery can be a tool for God to use.

Remember yesterday’s post? I talked about speed bumps and potholes on the journey. Yesterday’s thought was all about how God many times uses those moments to start something “new”. Today let’s just say (instead a pothole) a giant meteorite fell from the sky and caused a crater in my day. I don’t know if I mentioned it in previous posts, but today I had a job interview. It was scheduled for 12:15. I had been feeling iffy about the job, since they called me. Mostly because when I asked the recruiter about the job, she couldn’t give me any info at all. Isn’t the the job of a RECRUITER, to know the job you’re recruiting for? Maybe I am the only one that thinks that way. However, I had previously made a promise to God, to walk through any door He opened. The fact that they called and wanted an interview, to me said, “OPEN DOOR”, so despite my apprehension I decided to walk through. So this morning I got up, had my devotion. Had breakfast. Then took my time getting ready. I printed out a couple extra copies of my resume. I always arrive anywhere at least fifteen minutes early, so I decided to leave at 11:45 (the job is really close to where I live). I walked out to my car, put the key in the ignition and heard this… CLACK, CLACK, CLACK. ???? She worked just fine yesterday. I didn’t leave any lights on or doors open. Maybe it’s just a fluke, so I try again… CLACK, CLACK, CLACK. Nope it’s really is NOT going to start. I did’t know what to do at first, normally my first call is to my boyfriend, but uhmmm, he’s in FLORIDA. I get out of the car and think to myself, “Why Lord?”I call the roadside assistance from my insurance they come out and jump start the car, and I immediately drive it to SEARS auto. Two hundred and six dollars later, my car is working. Now I’d like to say I know why God allowed this. But genuinely I don’t know why, YET (He never leaves me in the dark for long). But I am assured that I will. Yes, paying 206 dollars for anything when you don’t have an income coming in leaves you feeling a little… However, while I don’t know why it happened I know that God has not forsaken me, and that He has a plan and a purpose. That same promise I made to walk through any door He opened, I also promised that I would let Him shut whatever door He chose to shut. Today He shut a door. As for the two hundred and six dollars? God will provide. He has NEVER failed me.

“Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that'” (James 4″14-15).

Lesson: Those who see God’s hand in EVERYTHING, find it easy to leave EVERYTHING in God’s hands. Leave it in His hands, they’re big enough.

Life lessons from a phone battery…(Yup, it can happen).

So I had this bright idea it started on Saturday. Wait, for my idea to make sense let me back track a bit. I have a smart phone, it runs on a battery. Batteries are interesting things, if you don’t charge them, they don’t work. If you charge them too much they eventually lose their ability to hold a charge properly and thus, they don’t work. Most technologically advanced IT people (people way smarter than me) have told me it is good thing every once in a while to let the battery die ALL the way before charging it. Thus helping to extend the battery life (I am not an expert, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to try). So Saturday morning (once I took my phone off the charger) I made the decision to not charge my phone again until it died on its own. Today is Monday and as of 5 pm this evening my phone still had not died. I am tempted to just charge it anyway, but that would defeat the purpose of what I am trying to do. What I find really interesting and a little funny about this situation is not the “energizer bunny” like quality of my phone’s battery life, but my impatience and irritation at the fact that my phone has not died. I should be eternally happy to realize that my phone has such amazing battery power. Instead I am frustrated because it’s not doing what I want, which is for it to DIE. (Yes, I know it’s illogical, but I am experiencing it none the less). Here’s the correlation: How many times as we continue on this journey have we ignored a “good” thing because the outcome was not what we wanted? The fact that what happened trumps the outcome we wanted doesn’t matter. Why? Because good or bad we want what we want. Yes, we are a little silly. Today my phone battery thought me a lesson. Don’t be so focused on getting our (my) outcome that we (I) miss a “good thing”.

“And He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD.’ And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper…” (1 King 19: 11-12).

So what am I thankful for today? Life lessons from a phone battery. (Side Note: My phone died at 6:53 pm. Funeral services will be… 😉 )