Second Best

I’m asking God for something better but really went sideways with a bus diversion. What is it this time? I passed the stop from last week and trusted the app. I noticed the interesting bakery from last week – hey – a landmark is a landmark! When I hopped off the recommended stop it said 12 minutes to church. Awesome. After walking over a mile, and the time remaining was not diminished by much, I realized that Google maps thought I was a car. After walking 3-4 miles, and not trusting the bus, I gave up the ghost. I really wanted to be in church. I met some lovely believers last week and was so looking forward to more of that so what is the something better? The plan, so far, was a stop at that new-to-me bakery – so much for a slimmer version of me. Because I love coffee and am using instant decaf, it was disappointing to get a small machine produced coffee in a paper cup, you know the kind they have in warehouses for their employees (I’ve worked in those places). This is not the something better. I’m back at the boarding house and have two scheduled family calls later and time to write! When working, Monday was always my fav day as a planning day. Please do lock me in my office and make me plan and catch up on paper work! I was so disciplined that, after two years of retirement, I still do many of the same things. There is joy in serving Jesus but a day of rest, on-line church (first for our new pastor at CHCC – Koby Orr), an unnecessary bakery stop, and maybe another decaf coffee plus an on-line movie is second best? It is my fault and user error but I hope God will help redeem the time. “Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home…I looked over Jordan and what did I see…A band of angels coming after me…Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home. Swing low”. I’m homesick still but this unexpected day of solitude is a gentle reminder that God is over time, redeems time, knows my time, controls my time, and can make it something better, even when there is user-error. Thank you, Lord, for keeping me company today and someday it will be for good.