Hearing God in a Magnetic Measuring Spoon

One of my favorite parts of my relationship with Christ is when, in the most mundane and trivial of things, I find Him. I was searching on Amazon for a set of magnetic measuring spoons that I saw at my dad’s and BAM!!!!...the Big Guy hits me with some Truth!! I like these measuring spoons because they all stick together making them easy to find when you need them. In theory anyway! :) My dad keeps his in “that drawer.” You know the one. The drawer where serving utensils, measuring thingys, and other kitchen stuffs that do not really have a home get placed. The drawer where you have to root around for whatever you are looking for because it is almost always on the bottom. My dad has one, I have at least one and, if you are being honest, you have one too.

As with my kitchen, my dad’s is pretty tidy and in order on the outside. But, as you open cabinets and drawers it tends to be a different story. Many of them consist of unorganized chaos that you cannot see on the surface. This is where He reminded me of something. This is a description of us. On the surface we try to keep our lives clean and tidy for others to see. Once you open things up you will see that we are very similar to “that” kitchen drawer...a chaotic mess. We cannot look at others thinking they have it all together and that our lives are a complete mess. Behind all the shiny outside appearances we are all just rooting through “that drawer” looking for our magnetic measuring spoon. And it is okay to allow others to see our inner mess! It is more important that others see how He helps us to handle the mess we are.