Your post about God seeing the big picture reminds me of something that happened in our church several years ago.

The church had started an expansion project and the construction was delayed. It rained and the parking lot was full of equipment and we had to walk through mud and a pile of ugly boards and building material to get to the sanctuary. I and everyone else complained. People's nerves were stretched and everyone began to question the whole idea. I was unsure it would ever be finished and irritable with God about the mess.

Then one day, a business associate took me on a tour of the area in his small plane. As we flew over the church and I looked down on the framed in part from above, I was amazed. It looked totally different from the sky. It was truly beautiful. I realized that I was seeing it from God's persective. Gave me a whole new attitude.

Later I was irritated about having to travel to care for a friend on Fourth of July when I wanted to be watching fireworks with my grandsons. The pilot took us out of the the Missippi river in St. Louis and we saw the fireworks from the sky. Made me realize what God sees.

Thanks for reminding me of that.

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[ January 11, 2004, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: smilinize ]