Today just didn't seem to be my day. My Key didn't want to work in the door, I got the kids to school late, plans I had for the day were thrown aside and I was just feeling out of sorts. I had a Doctors appointment before heading to my lecture at College and the Doctor was 45 minutes late! I had watched someone else cancel their appointment after waiting 'too long.' I was so tempted to do the same. I wanted to tell the receptionist how I was wasting time sitting in the waiting room when I could have stayed at the office another 30 minutes! I didn't, instead I read my emails on my phone.
Coming out of the Doctors office I had to wait while the receptionists talked to each other about 'matters of importance' and all the time I kept thinking about the time I was wasting. Finally I walked out the door, ready to head to the college, calculating in my head whether I would have time to get petrol, eat my lunch, grab a coffee and meet with a lecturer before my class started.
It was then that I saw a woman sitting in the carpark crying....
I walked over to her and asked if she was ok; she said no. Her Doctor had given her some awful news and now she was waiting for someone to pick her up. She told me how alone she felt.
We sat....we talked....we cried.....we hugged....I was aware that God was with us.
I drove away, still with tears on my face and thanked God that my Doctor was running late today.
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