Oblivious!!

Oblivious people.  People who are not consciously aware of what is going on around them.   You see them all the time and may even be one yourself.  *gasp!*  You are so wrapped up in whatever YOU have going on that you miss life happening all around you.

One of my pet peeves is to be in the grocery store and have some woman take up the entire aisle as if she owns it... completely unaware of the crowds standing around her.  We just want her to choose her peanut butter and get out of the way!  An aware person realizes that there is plenty of room in a grocery store aisle for two carts to go through in opposite directions.  Think traffic on the road... this is how it should be done.  The oblivious person walks with her cart directly in the middle of the aisle so that she can get to things on both sides more conveniently.  The oblivious person is demonstrating her belief that it's "all about me" and could care less that you are even in existence.  So annoying!

Sometimes I wish I were more oblivious.  Let's face it... it's easier.

*I want to cry for the woman in the checkout lane who has a newborn and just gave the cashier WIC vouchers and everyone in line behind her just looked at their watch and sighed a sigh of inconvenience.
*I want to go to the grocery store and get enough food for the weekend for the homeless man holding up a sign stating he's hungry and will do work for food.
*I want to smack the woman who swears at her child and calls them stupid.
*I want to hug the addict who is at the end of their rope and is relying on the hope that other people hold for him because he has none of his own left to hold on to.

If I were oblivious, I wouldn't notice these things and they wouldn't bother me as much as they do.

God didn't make me oblivious.  Actually, I don't think He made ANYONE oblivious... we make ourselves that way.  Pride, pain, resentment, anger, foolishness... all these and more can make you oblivious to the truth going on around you.

Start paying attention.  Take a moment to look around you and see what God sees.  Make it a point to NOT be oblivious today.  What do you see?  What should you do about it?

 

 

Random Love

I was sitting at work today, drowning in files that needed auditing and bills that needed paying... when out of nowhere, my phone *dings* and let me know I had a text message.  The message read "I love you mom" and it was from my youngest son, Garrett.  I wore a nice grin for quite some time after I read that.  Of course I replied that I love him too.  You have to understand that we are a very affectionate family and we frequently express how we feel (good, bad and ugly), so it's not like the sentiment itself surprised me... it was the randomness of it that caught me off guard.  **POOF**  He thought of me and loves me.  Cool.  It made my day.

I have a handful of friends that mean a great deal to me.  They are there for me through thick and thin... they double my joys and divide my pains.  My friends are tried and true and absolutely irreplaceable.  I usually don't hang up the phone after talking to them without telling them that I love them.  It may seem weird to some, but I learned a long time ago that it just may be the last chance I have to tell them how I feel... so I take the opportunity and try not to let it slip by.  I have another friend who encourages me frequently with random texts saying things like "I'm glad you're in my life", "Thank you for being there for me" and of course "I love you".  It brings a smile to my heart every time.

Anyway, about 2 hours after I received the text from my son, I was auditing client files (yes... STILL) and I was listening to KLOVE on the computer.  A song caught my attention and I began to think about the blessings in my life and how every single one was a gift from my Heavenly Father.  I just whispered "I love you God".  Then I wondered if that made Him smile the way my son's random love made me smile.  I imagine it did.   I hope so.  I really want to make God smile.