Interruptions or God moments?

On the plane ride from Seattle to Korea my ball point pen exploded. I was frustrated because it was the only pen I had with me and I wanted to write about everything that was happening, not to mention black ink was everywhere! Ugg! So I sat back for a moment and the girl sitting next to me asked me where I was going and what I was doing. We had exchanged smiles previously and a little bit of conversation, but this question turned into a forty minute conversation and spontaneous conversations throughout the flight. We became friends. She had just finished school in Seattle and was going back to Malaysia where she was from. Her parents are Buddhist and she recently became a Christian. We had a really good conversation where we both were encouraged and I realized if my pen had not exploded I would have buried myself in my journal and missed out. So thank you God for allowing my pen to explode. 

 

This morning during my teams prayer time I asked God to interrupt our days with divine appointments. It is easy to get caught up in the details of the day and interruptions become annoying. I wanted to be on God’s schedule and not my own. He answered my prayer. This afternoon I was walking back to our house by myself from Jars of Clay and found myself locked out of the house. My teammates were napping and unable to hear the door bell and then it began to rain. I held my laptop and wondered what I should do.  And all of a sudden all the men on the street stopped and just starred at the white girl standing helpless in the rain; which probably was very entertaining. So I ended up at our land ladies gate and got her attention. She ran out and ushered me into her home. We sat in her living room for a while in comical conversation full of broken English, broken Khmer and hand gestures. I loved it. We were able to connect and enjoy each other. If I had not been locked outside I would have missed out on building a relationship with her. These situations seem to becoming a trend…

 

From this point on I am determined to welcome situations that seem inconvenient and embrace the divine interruption.