All plans of leaving prepared and on time were shot down the night before. A curve ball thwarted my efforts and so I moved on to Plan B. Leave early with the supplies needed to prepare on the go. Not ideal, but doable.
This morning arrived and I was able to get ready and out the door early (did you know that hats are a very fashionable accessory? especially when it's raining!). Score 1 for Mama! A quick stop at the grocery store and I was on my way. Another point for Mama! I sat in my van in a vacant parking lot preparing fruit for our CBS fellowship breakfast (don't judge, this was Plan B remember). Did I mention it was pouring down rain?
I had packed a strainer, water bottle, mini cutting board, and paring knife for the task. Blueberries washed. Check. Strawberries washed and capped. Check. Granola. Check. Mama scores again! (I may have looked suspicious to vehicles driving by, but hey, I was on a mission to arrive at CBS by 9:15am, bringing yogurt parfaits). Plan B was moving along nicely!
I-81 traffic was friendly for a raining workday, and so I drove to CBS processing last night's curve ball and soaking in the song the Lord had on the radio just for me. I shot up an "arrow" prayer of gratitude for His compassionate touch on my soul and parked the van at CBS. 9:08am! Score!
Grabbing my purse, bag, and parfaits basket, I opened my leopard umbrella and headed in to Bible Study. I pulled off Plan B and had yogurt parfaits in hand and ready to go on time. Wait. Yogurt parfaits. I didn't buy any yogurt at the grocery store this morning. In an instant, victory turned into an epic fail. Game Over: I was forced to forfeit.
You can't have yogurt parfaits without yogurt; it's the main ingredient. What you have is fruit and granola. So I added my blueberries and strawberries (freshly washed and capped, mind you) to our breakfast table and discretely hid my basket with granola and parfait cups under my chair. Fruit would have to do today.
Fellowship and Bible study were amazing this morning! What a blessing studying God's Word with sisters-in-Christ is! As I toted my belongings back to the van afterwards, I chided myself on forgetting the main ingredient. How could I have forgotten the yogurt?! It was then that I thought, how often do I forget the main ingredient of prayer in my day?
I gather my worship songs, my devotions, my ministry blog emails, my Bible, and my lessons, but I rush through my day forgetting prayer. I toss up "arrow" prayers (those quick, to the point thoughts and concerns) because I'm too busy doing to take time to sit and be still in prayer. Plan B ends up being praying-on-the-go.
I forget the main ingredient to my day: prayer. Real, quiet, surrender-to-His-Will-for-the-day prayer. Jesus desires so much more for our relationship than what I offer Him. Not only do I give Him my leftovers, I miss out on the main ingredient.
Love is spelled t-i-m-e. Time in honest prayer with my Creator, Lord, and Savior. Jesus simply asks me to come, sit with Him first, and then we'll conquer the day together. If not, I miss the main ingredient and the rest of my day settles for "this will have to do for today".
Our creative and personable God used yogurt to whisper "I miss you" to me this morning...
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