Three Days of Ministry, One Missed Appointment.

This past weekend we had the privilege of being apart of Unity Christian Music Festival. Over the 3 days that we were there we talked to many people about Camp Living Waters. We prayed with several people for a variety of things and people prayed for us. We caught up with people that we had not seen since last year and celebrated joys and grieved sorrows with each other. All this while watching and listening to Christian recording artists and sponsoring ministries. Many had shared great stories of how God was using them to spread the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ throughout the world. On Friday evening after two days of rain God sent a rainbow directly over the crowd and the stage as if to say "I Am here and still in control." What a truly amazing way to spend three days.

As I was leaving Friday night to make the 2 hour drive back to CLW I was in a steady stream of people that were leaving to travel back to their homes. I looked up to see an older man sitting on a well used bicycle facing the stream of Christians leaving the festival. What I noticed is that no one seemed to notice the man standing right in front of us. I made eye contact and gave a head nod and said "Hey, how are you?" and then walked on like I really did not care how he was. As I got 100 yards further I felt like I need to talk to this man. His eyes told a story of hurt and emptiness and need.

I walked on, got in my car and made the 2 hour drive back to my warm, happy home. The next day as I prepared to speak at Countryside United Brethren Church in Breckenridge, Michigan I could not shake this man's eyes or the fact that I walked by. See I was speaking on God's to do list for each of us. Ephesians 2:10 states "¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." My agenda was to be at Unity Christian Music Festival to promote Camp Living Waters and to bring more people to camp so that we might be able to minister to them. I try to pray each morning that God will fill my agenda, that I would be doing the things that he wants me to do, those things he has planned in advance for me to do. Friday night with this man's eyes staring at me, I walked by. I walked by and I believe I missed the one thing God had on my agenda for Friday, August 10, 2012. This man was not waiting for the crowd to walk by he had a wide opening that he could have just kept riding. He was there with needs and waiting for me to stop and really care how he was. I am praying that I have another opportunity for this appointment and that I will not miss others that God has planned for me. Whats on your to do list today?