Meeting

So for the past thirty five years our small group has been meeting at the same restaurant at the same time on Tuesday mornings (no, I haven't been a member for that long).

We've missed a couple of days. They've closed for remodelling (twice) and every once in a while a holiday hits on a Tuesday. But other than that we've been in the same location every Tuesday that they've been open for a long time.

Except on Sunday, during the Super Bowl, there was a commercial stating that everyone gets a free Grand Slam on Tuesday at every Dennys in the country! How dare they! Don't they take us into account?

I can get my back up and get all upset but in the grand scheme of things this is a minor inconvenience. And of course the corporate marketing people don't take into account small groups that may be meeting in Dennys around the country.

But our Dennys did. They held a table for us. Some of the guys went past the 100 people waiting to eat and some did not. We'll pick up next week where with what we would have done otherwise.

So maybe God had other plans for us today. Or maybe His plans for other people crowded us out. It's OK.

Maybe one of these Tuesdays there will be a line of 100 people waiting at the door to join us in studying about Jesus Christ.

Something to consider...