The Cross is enough. That is what we always say as Christians, right? "God if You gave me nothing else, the Cross is enough to show Your love." A great belief. A great truth. But when everything is going wrong, when things are frustrating, irrating and bothersome, a test and a trial...it's really really hard to remember, let alone be grateful for this fact.
Friday night at work was actually a quieter night than usual. So of course, I was asked to do something extra and I really didn't want to do this. I was tasked with picking up these things called gaylords...which are just large cardboard boxes (think like 4' x 4' or so square), that were on pallets and filled with other empty, folded gaylords. I was then to bring them out to a trailer for storage. Well, I picked up the first one and off I went to bring it to it's final resting place. And just before I got to that destination, I caught it on another piece of equipment, only to have it tear down the side and all the contents of the gaylord start falling out!! I tried taping it, jamming it together, anything to not have to empty it and refill a new one!! And of course nothing is working!! GRRRRR!! And of course, the thoughts start flowing through my head...."Great Lord, You never help me, why can't I just have an easy night!!" LOL...right away, blame God. And then the thought popped in my head, "the Cross is enough a sign of His love and care." I quickly dismissed it to continue on with my complaining. Yessirree!! That I did!!
Backtrack a bit now. Earlier in the night, one of my bosses had asked me to pick up a "case" for him which was resting on a pallet, whenever I got the chance. So after the whole gaylord ordeal (and yes, I had to set up a new one and empty all the contents of the last one into the new one, dispose of the broken one....), I saw the case and decided to pick it up and deliver it as requested. And on the side of the the case.......someone had taped a small Cross!!! There it was, about 3" long, with Jesus on it, staring up at me. Yup, there was my reminder. LOL It was as if God said, "dismiss that thought, huh? I am not going to let you off that easy." A definite God visit!!!
Lord, thank You for the Cross. Thank You for Your sacrifice. For saving me. Help me to really remember, to really appreciate what You did for me on the Cross.
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