Open doors to...?

     I started a job in May that requires me to drive nearly downtown every day, Monday through Friday.  So, every day I drive down there, and before this job (with the exception of two years in between), I did the same for 8 - 1/2 years.  I'm sure you're thrilled with this bit of my driving history, but the point IS coming soon. 

    Last night on the show, Dateline, they focused on how we miss things around us, even some important things, when we are not expecting them.  So here I was, driving to work as usual yesterday, and about a mile before an exit before the one to the University of Washington,  I happened to be stopped in traffic and looked around me.  There, on the right side of the freeway, up an embankment, was a wall.  In the middle of the wall was a door in a frame, opened.  Looking through the door was...grass and open sky!  A door to nowhere!  Straining my brain, I tried to remember if I'd ever noticed it before over the past ten years.  Maybe it was new.  One can hope.

    After passing that exit, I started to think about how many times I've let something important go unnoticed.... a sad or concerned expression on a friend,  sudden change of attitude or behavior, a new person seated alone at church.  I  am often guilty of this,  as I am more of a "big picture"  as opposed to a "detail-oriented"  person.  What might I notice if I asked God to help me?  How might I have more of an impact on those around me if I truly "saw" and "heard"  those I came across every day, whether at work or play each day? I want to be, not only a "believer" ( "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even demons believe that - and shudder!" James 2:19) but true "follower" of Jesus in everything I say and do. Lord, open my (spiritual) eyes to see people and circumstances through yours, and show me how to be your instrument of love each day!