Sightseeing

I wonder how many things we miss on our regular commutes. I have noticed a man lately, nearly ever trip to town. He is crippled over in a scooter chair and almost always on Lincoln Road near the High School. I think I recognize him from my mom's building which is probably a half mile away. I've been thinking about him- wondering where he is going and I think I came to a conclusion. I think he lives in my mom's building and rides his scooter power chair over to the Christian Park to see an ill loved one, maybe his wife. I've been having to take several trips to town this week for various meetings, dance, and orchestra practices, and so I've come also to the conclusion that he must make a couple of trips a day back and forth. In my romanticized brain- I have thought- Wow, that is love- till death do we part and to the ends of th earth for sure if it is indeed his wife he goes to see. Very sweet!
Thinking deeper on this though, I come to some other conclusions. How often do we see someone riding their power chair to church? How often do we see people ride their bikes, or walk to church? The sad fact is, not too often. We'll do whatever we can for those we love here, but not for our Father in Heaven who, while he was here, did everything, including dying for us. Our Father in Heaven who listens to our inner desires and hopes and answers them with blessings. Our Father in Heaven who gives someone with cancer six more months with their family, who gives a seven year old life with vision and not blindness, who allows babies to born and loved, who allows a roof over our heads and food on our tables. Transportation to get from A to B and maybe to church if we decide to have the "time". A Father in Heaven who allows everyone to have a second, third, fourth... chance.
Katia told me something yesterday that her friends told her. They said that God only made human beings, that Mother Nature made everything else! They said she was crazy to not believe in mother nature. See how far off base the average family is?
I got away from my point for a minute there, but basically this all just put into perspective for me anyway, how I tend to put God in where I can fit him instead of where he belongs- FIRST.