How often do our agendas blind us to God's Divine appointments?
The check-out line is too long, the customer in front of us has an item without a price, or the customer's credit card won't process - and our impatience soars. We become so inconvenienced that we ignore the person behind us, the cashier, and the customer in front of us. We petulantly cry within ourselves, "Hurry up!" We do not hear the prompting of the Holy Spirit saying, "Slow down, pay attention, who can you touch with Christ?"
We have a long "to do" list for the day. A friend calls to talk, but it's really more than to just talk, the friend needs a friend. Will we be a friend or will we hurriedly end the conversation so that we can "get on with life"?
Am I looking for adventures, or am I seeking to avoid inconveniences? Am I praying to be open to the Holy Spirit and to God's interruptions, or am I living with blinders on?
Are we learning to experience each day sacramentally? That is, are we learning to receive God's grace through the mundane, the everyday, the minute detail which comprises so much of our lives?
Does it make any difference if we are using a self-serve scanner or are being served by a living person as we pay for our items in a store? If it doesn't really make any difference, what does that say about us? About our society? Do we think it makes any difference to Jesus?
As Reepicheep says in Narnia, "Let's take the adventure that Aslan gives us!"
Remembering as G.K.C. might say, "Adventures come packaged as inconveniences."
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