Salt of the Earth #01

November 2, 2022, I fell and broke my wrist. It hurt. Bad. As I was holding my wrist and walking back to the house I prayed. Lord, please let me keep my right hand. I’m sorry for complaining when my days were so much easier than today. And thank you for reminding me of that with this break. But also…PLEASE let me keep my hand. I wrapped my hand in a scarf and drove myself to the emergency room. Too much pain to cry, only survive.  

A little over two months later. After weeks in a splint and then a cast I found myself in the joys of physical therapy. I did not lose my hand! Thank you, Jesus. Many lessons have been learned while doing life with one hand. As well as a great admiration for those that do life with limited mobility every day. You are all rockstars! We take for granted the health in our bodies and minds.

The quiet moments God orchestrates. He allows us to slow down, and we complain there is nothing to do. Or maybe this is just me? We are not meant to live a life packed full of no time to sit and enjoy the presence of God. Lunch with a friend or a quiet corner with a good book. God is not in a rush and so we should not be either.

God slowed me down.

When we slow down, we can allow God to be the driver. To sit back and let God put the pieces together as he has willed. Letting go of our own control, the shifting and planning and forcing the days to go the way we choose them to be. Slow down or I assure you God will slow you down. It is good to have nothing planned on some of your calendar days. Try it. See what God does when you give those days over to him.

Some may argue but being productive and responsible is what God wants. Of course, he does but are you living according to God’s definition of productive and responsible or yours? We are going to have appointments and to dos. This is true. Question. How are you allowing those days to be planned? By controlling them or letting God place them?

When it was time to schedule four weeks of physical therapy, I had a choice. I could either get tight in my insides. Worrying about what therapist I was going to get and what days to pick. Or I could let go and let God choose. A prayer asking God to choose and me letting him do so. I approached the counter and let God fill my calendar days according to his will.

I let go of control.

Which led me to enjoy what God was providing. As well as know there were and are reasons, he chose these days. As I sat with one of my therapists having her stretch and pull my very sore and tight wrist, she explains a tech will be by to do the exercises. What? I say to myself. Not happy inside about my professional therapist handing over my wrist to a tech. But what could I do? I had let go.

My therapist had a lap over with another client, so she went looking for an available tech. The one in the room had to decline because she was helping two other patients. So, off my therapist goes to find me a tech. While I sat there trying to be okay with the verdict.

A few moments later a lovely lady walks in. We had said hello to one another while I was in my 10-minute warm up, before my session started. A smile between us and we get started. A simple question from her, asking where I am from leads me to telling her a bit of my personal story. How I chose God after living in Atlanta, Georgia for three years. And that decision leading me to move to Florida.

The deeper root in my story was me living in sin. Riding the fence of knowing Jesus but not living for Jesus. And then, by the Grace of God, me turning from my wicked and sinful ways. My tech leans in. And I now realize this is a divine appointment for her. She connects to my story because it’s her story too. I didn’t know anything about her before I sat down, but God did. And so, he lapped over appointments and caused the other tech to be busy so that this young lady could have an encounter with the Holy Spirit.

Would it have happened if I had decided to control my days? I don’t know. What I do know is I let God control my days and it did happen!

God reached a child of his through my obedience. His power surfaced and ignited through me letting God plan my steps. [Proverbs 16:9, In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.]  This young lady needed to hear from God and God chose me to deliver his message. Touching this young heart right when it needed to hear from him.

I left my appointment 20 minutes later with a huge smile on my face. Thanking God for using me in this way and apologizing for my bad attitude. The grace that God extends is limitless and I’m grateful. I also thanked him for reaching out to this young lady. She and I got to share a bit of our stories. Open and honest, giving God the glory.

What seemed like an ordinary appointment was really a divine appointment. God is in the business of saving souls. Encouraging us along our journey and allowing us to walk beside him while he does so.

Will you let go of control? Allowing God to use you as the Salt of the earth.

To flavor his Kingdom.

To speak Truth.

To spread his Power.

To touch Hearts.

To glorify God wherever you go.

To Make the world a little more Salty.

Matthew 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth…”