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Monday morning, 7:00 a.m.: I get up, dress, eat, brush my teeth, make phone calls, shuffle papers and rush out to the job site.
Did God rush out with me? I check over my shoulder to see if He's coming. He calls for me to wait upon Him.
I decide that I don't have time this morning. "Maybe later," I say. "We'll get together...."
I greet the homeowner and go over some job changes: Move this wall over here, put the door where the window is, put the window where the door was. The customer is always right. I start working: Nail this, level that, drill this, cut that, bend this, break that....oops. Something falls apart in my life, and I need a hand to fix it. I look over my shoulder, but He's not there. I left without Him this morning.
I get on my cellular and dial 1-800-heaven. I tell God I need help and to come right over.
"Maybe later," He says. "We'll get together...."
I tell Him I need Him now! I can't hold this heavy burden much longer.
He starts to say somehing, but the line is garbled. I can't hear Him clearly because of the great distance between us.
The line goes dead, and I look at my phone. The timer on it says 2.4 seconds.
I still recall, although vaguely now, a time in my life when every day was new and refreshing, when every day brought me hope and deeper understanding, when every day was filled with wonder and awe as I enjoyed God's creation, when every day my faith grew richer as I read God's Word, when every day began and ended with my Lord and Saviour.
Rick De Vrye is a member of Kitchener MB Church. This article is based on a brief testimony Rick shared in a worship service in his home church.
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