I tend to be a morning person and my wife is a night owl. This worked well with raising kids. I got them going in the morning and she helped with evening homework. But, our opposite schedules can cause challenges.
Our bedroom and bathroom is just one big room. This can make my getting around in the morning a bit awkward. My loving wife has gotten use to the noise of my routine and I don’t turn on an overhead light so she can sleep. I have, therefore, gotten used to doing many things in the dark, such as showering.
I have gotten pretty good at knowing what the bottle of shampoo is just by the way it feels. Sometimes I overdo it but usually I don’t cake my head with Suave. However, scrubbing and washing are not my only shower “chores”. I also shave in the shower. Yes, I shave my face, in the shower, with the lights out. “How do you do that”, I have been asked. Well, I honestly don’t know. I didn’t want to wake my wife and I needed to shower and shave. So, I just “made it work”.
This theme has a long history in my life. I have encountered so many things in my life in which God has taken me that I was not properly equipped or trained to do. In my profession, my ministry, and even around the house God has helped me “make it work” in all kinds of situations.
I rarely went through these experiences alone. There was my good friend next door who assured me that he could correct anything I messed up while repairing my car. There was the “School of YouTube”, wise people with good advice, and a spouse that was willing to walk through adventures with me. All these things were laid before me by my Heavenly Father. So, I waded into the water, with fear and trembling and lots of His mercy and grace, and made it work, many times successfully and occasionally not.
The main point of this post is not to discuss in detail my hygiene habits or to pretend I am a renaissance man. My point is to ask, “are you running from something that God has laid before you because you don’t feel equipped to do it?” Has He given you something challenging that He wants to walk with you through? Are you missing the opportunity to discover that you are enough, with His help and strength? So many times, we may walk away from a challenge because it is beyond our comfort zone. But what if God is allowing something into your life so that you may discover that He is faithful? What if God desires for you to discover what you can really do when He is in your corner. What if you are missing an incredible opportunity because it looks like a disaster to you?
It takes a step of faith to go into a situation and count on God to help you “make it work”, but faith in Him is something He desperately wants us to discover.
