"Missing the Opportunity" is actually a post that I'd posted on one of my other blogs, Commenterri.com. It's dated 8.25.05. I was living in Sacramento, CA at the time and I worked a job where some days, I had a lot of time to think about my life. Not sure what made me think about this post today but as soon as I sat down to write a post, this one came to mind. At any rate, I thought it'd be nice to post again.


"God deals with us in different ways yet it's usually to convey a common point. I was in the ladies room when this revelation hit me. I've been in Sacramento for over a year and I miss Atlanta alot. I know that God has a purpose for my life and right now that purpose involves Sacramento but some days I get the urge to just leave everything behind and move on to something new. The thing is if I jump up and do what I want to do I feel like I'm going to miss out on a wonderful opportunity which usually happens when we get out of God's will. I just keep asking "How much longer, God?" and I start to get impatient.

Then my Spirit gave me this analogy. It's like going to a Doctors office and God is the Doctor. The receptionist(or angel) greets me and tells me that the Doctor is seeing patients on a first come first serve basis. There are several people ahead of me so I don't know when God will get to me. I sit for a few minutes and get restless so I decide to go down the hall to get a snack from the vending machine and then on my way back make a stop in the ladies room. When I return the people who were ahead of me are gone and now there are more people waiting. I approach the receptionist to find out how much longer it'll be only to be told that my name had already been called and I'd need to sign in again. So in the course of several minutes I basically lost my postion and missed my turn (opportunity/blessing)."

I was speaking with a very wise young lady recently. She's in her first year of college and is truly flourishing and already making an impact on her school and her peers. During the course of our conversation she mentioned that her friends at school ask her why she always carries her Bible. She said she tells them that it's her passport.

That was honestly my first time ever hearing someone refer to the Bible as a passport. I couldn't contain my smile because indeed it truly is. It allows us access to the knowledge and wisdom of God. It gives us instructions in case of an emergency, we know who to call. The great thing about this passport, is that it never expires. It lasts from everlasting to everlasting.