Sometimes, you don’t know what you need, until you get what you need. Read that again. Sometimes, you don’t know what you need, until you get what you need. Quite possibly no truer words have ever been spoken. And I know this from experience. Stay with me for a moment as I try to explain. I’ll be going around doing my daily routine, or routines, and get caught up in what I’m doing. Get caught up in the acts I’m doing. And lose sight of the “why” I am doing them. Sometimes that leads to frustration. Disappointment. I try to not let it get to me. But every now and then it does. Then along comes a blessing that changes everything in that moment.
Recently, I’ve been juggling my responsibilities for Charlie 22 Outdoors, with my responsibilities for my family. Nothing bad has happened. Actually, just the opposite. Things we can celebrate. I’m just navigating through them. First, we were blessed by Anna’s marriage. Second, we were able to purchase the new property that we call The Farmhouse. Then, we had an amazing banquet. All of these required me to focus on priorities for each one. I’m not complaining. But it took a lot of my time and attention. With that, it was easy to lose sight on the blessings.
But in an instant, I was blessed by an act by one of our veterans. He’s been helping me with different jobs at the new property. Trying to get everything ready for the upcoming fall/winter. We will have veterans as guests very soon. But the place needed modifications to make it accessible. Not only for them, but also for my personal needs. He’s been working very hard. The other day he showed up, and as we were working, he presented me with a gift. He had taken the time to grind a cross out of a piece of granite that he had. Not an easy task. But he did it. He did it for me. Wow! I was humbled. I did not know I needed it, until I received it. And that is how God works sometimes. He knows our wants. He knows our desires. And he knows our needs. And believe me, he will provide our needs long before he will provide our desires. But isn’t that how it is supposed to be.
