If God calls us to it, He always equips us.
Last weekend, my family went to visit my parents. My daughter who is in college, was home for a couple of days for spring break and my mama was giving her some patio furniture. We were going to deliver it for her and Mama was going to ride along to see my daughter’s place.
All went as planned and we made the delivery on Saturday. Mama got to see my daughter’s college pad and got to visit some of her other donated furniture. We had lunch and headed back to my parents’ house where we stayed another night.
Mama asked my hubby to cook breakfast on Sunday morning. He loves to cook and breakfast is a specialty of his. He happily agreed, but when he got started, I found myself chuckling as he searched her kitchen cabinets. I gave him a few minutes before I asked if I could help him find something, knowing full well, I probably could not.
He was looking for the griddle and it had been moved since the last time he used it.
Now, my mama is one of the most organized people on the planet. She’s always buying new little stackers or dividers, to make her kitchen more organized and it is. However, it’s a well known family truth, that she constantly moves things around, so chances are, wherever it was the last time we were there, it will be somewhere different the next visit.
She vehemently denies this fact, but my sister will vouch for me. 🙂
When my hubby and I first got married, he was very uncomfortable looking through her cabinets to find the items he needed to cook, but twenty-two years later, he has no issues looking through the cabinets.
He’s come to understand that when he has a meal to cook, he rolls up his sleeves and gets it done. He may not know where everything is, but he’s willing to look for it to complete his task. He no longer waits for someone to offer him assistance, but he’s not afraid to ask for it if he needs it.
As I watched him cook breakfast in Mama’s kitchen, I felt a lesson dawning.
We often find ourselves in unfamiliar situations, with a new task to do. So often, we are hesitant to ask for help and sometimes we are even tempted to walk away and give up altogether. The older we get, it seems, the more uncomfortable we get with the new and unknown.
Yet, sometimes that’s exactly where we find ourselves called. We have to remember that when God calls us to do something new, we never walk alone. If He calls us, He will equip us.
Sunday morning breakfast reminded me. Perhaps you needed reminding too.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂