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Out To Pastor
I would be the first to admit one truth about myself: I don’t know everything. To quote a politician, “I don’t know what I don’t know.”
On my way to my office the other day, I walked through the kitchen where The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage was preparing lunch. As I walked through, she said, “No, and I haven’t seen it in weeks.”
I stopped, looked at her quizzically and said, “What?”
She just smiled, so I continued to my office to begin work.
As I began, I looked for my tape recorder, which I use Sunday mornings to record my sermon, and I couldn’t find it.
After 30 minutes, I peeked into the kitchen and said, “Did you see…?”
“Didn’t you hear me?” She said, “I said no.”
I stood there a little stunned, and all I could say was, “What?” How did she know what I would ask her 30 minutes before I asked her?
While trying to process this, I found my tape recorder under some papers piled on my desk.
A few days later, as I walked through the kitchen on my way to my office, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage looked at me and said, “It’s this Thursday at 9 o’clock.”
About an hour later, I was updating my schedule for the week. I wanted to know when my next doctor’s appointment was, but I didn’t have it on my schedule I peeked into the kitchen and asked, “Do you know when my doctor’s appointment is?”
She looked at me and said, “Don’t you listen to me? I said this Thursday at 9 o’clock.”
I then remembered she said that, but when she said it, I had no idea what she was talking about. How did she know 45 minutes before I asked her what I would ask her?
It was a Monday morning, and as I went to my office The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage said, “They’re in your vest pocket in your closet.”
I was hurrying to get to my office because I had a business appointment at the bank, so I didn’t listen very carefully to what she said.
I looked around for my car keys and could not find them. Finally I went to the kitchen and said, “Do you know...”
“If you remember, I said earlier that they were in your vest pocket in your closet.”
Thinking about it, I remember her saying that, but I had no idea what she was talking about at the time. How did she know I was going to look for my keys?”
Later, I thought about that and said to myself, “I did not know we were so intimately connected.”
Sitting in my office I was thinking about this and was reminded what wise old Solomon said.
“1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;” (Proverbs 2:1-2).
My take is, I need to be proactive when it comes to knowledge. My knowledge will feed my wisdom, which in turn will apply my heart to understanding. I can’t take for granted what I hear and I must learn how to pay attention to all that is around me.
