Thinking back to last week… a sudden urge to dye my eyebrows comes over me. To assure I received the best return on my investment, I chose “dark brown” over “light brown”. Like black on white, so were my dark brows with my blonde hair. A new impulse comes over me. After running out to buy a box of brown dye, I begin to dip my plastic covered fingers in the dye and quickly tousled my white hair with brown hair dye with intentions of putting some nice, blended brown into my hair (and all over my new bathroom) to match my new brows. I ended up with a highlighted horror. I paid my master hairdresser to fix me up the next day. Gosh, if only I would have consulted the master first instead of depending on myself.
I still chuckle thinking back to last week; I created a presentation about “Being a Leader” to speak to a group of 130 Facility Managers. The night before, I saved my PowerPoint on a flash drive found in a junk box. Because time was of the essence, I didn’t preview what else might have been on the flash drive. As the employees were filtering into the auditorium, I inserted the flash drive into the computer connected to the projector. Up on the screen (from my flash drive) displayed an article about Curing Constipation. The computer was in one of those frozen moments. No matter how many times I frantically tried to escape or close, the health article about constipation was displayed in all its glory.
My daughter, Jen, tries to stuff too many tasks in her day much like me. The other day while alone, she stopped her vehicle and left it running while she jumped out to do something real quick --- but she left the Lexus in drive. Probably felt to her like the triathlon she competed in this past weekend as she chased down her vehicle, jumped in it and brought it to a safe stop. Later that same day, after picking up her children from her sitter’s home, she backed into the fencepost and knocked both the post and the fence down. Navigating hurriedly through life gets us into unexpected predicaments.
Two days ago, Jen stopped into our “old” house where my husband and I were working. She suggested we tear out the entire kitchen….starting with the fake 1970’s brick and ending with the cabinets and counter. And Jen being Jen, she said “Let’s begin! I’ll help!” Working side by side with my daughter, we had a “Blonde” moment! (The hairdresser didn’t fix everything!). Jen said to me, “Where is my tool? I’ve lost my tool! I just had it!” My attention turned to her, looking around and I noticed my tool was gone as well! I exclaimed, “Now, mine is lost, too!!” We both began to look around and then the light turned on. There on the wall was my tool….. And to the left was her’s…. just where we left them before something must have distracted us.
I often ask myself, “How do I manage to navigate and make it safely through my days?” I do know that the Lord doesn’t play a minor role in guiding me out of the messes I make from acting too quickly. Let’s see…. I have quit my job, placed homes up for sale and made many other last minute, life-changing decisions that would have been so much easier going to The Master first.
If only I would take the time to consult Him first.
