I was having lunch today with one of my fellow pastors when our waitress brought out our meals. The hot plate and some sort of misstep almost caused a disaster with the two lunch entrees.
One of them slid precariously to the very edge of the plate and then shifted itself into a different location, not really spilling but leaving just a bit of “sloppiness” to the “presentation”. (None of us really care about “presentation”, do we?)
The waitress was very kind and quite apologetic. She offered to re-plate my brother’s lunch entrée. We joked about it and said that as long as it hadn’t been on the floor for more than 3 or 4 minutes it would be just fine and proceeded to enjoy our lunch and our time together.
Life is like that, isn’t it?! It can be nicely put together and ready to go in so many different areas: whether vacation plans, business deals, time with family, a night out with your spouse or whatever and then for whatever reason it gets “messed up”. Re-plating involves way too much work. Rather, we’re much better off just to go with it and trust that something good is going to come out of a near disaster and that you can look back and enjoy God’s providence in every detail of your life.
I don’t think there’s much value in re-plating. It’s not about the details anyhow, it’s about the fellowship that’s shared when life gets a little messy.
Blessings,
Dr. Jay
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