Father God, guide me today and always to do all things that will bring glory and honor to You Amen 

Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan, a man is on his way from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was robbed, stripped, beaten, and left for dead on the side of the road. Three people stopped by. First, a priest. he walks by pretends he doesn't see him, and moves along.  Second, a Levite. he ignores the man( not looking good for the religious folks) Finally, a Samaritan walks by(the enemy of Jews) fixes him up and makes sure the man is in good care. Only the Samaritan was willing to have his day interrupted. We ALL must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.  God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.  We pass them by, preoccupied with our more important tasks...it is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers frequently consider their work more important and urgent that they will allow nothing to disturb them. They think they are doing God a service in this, but acutally they are disdaining God's "crooked yet straight path".   God has used these passages to spark conviction in my life when I find myself placing the days plans above people, my agenda not theirs, claims and petition.  The story of the priest, Levite and the Good Samaritan not only shows the fail morally to bring aid where it is needed , but also fail to see the VISIBLE sign of the cross that God has laid in their path. HOLY INTERRUPTION, what if we learned to experience interruption differently?   Rather than viewing all outside interruption as the enemy of productivity and creativity, what if we viewed our lives as COMMUNICATIVE VESSELS for the sake of the other?  If we open ourselves to embrace a theology of Holy interruption, we may usher in newness, revelation, life, and story to inform our work and craft and life in ways that otherwise would simply  not be possible. What about our daily responsibilities? Surely such things warrant stringent management of our daily routines. It is quite simple: " The Christian's job is to listen to God and care about what God says ABOVE ALL ELSE, in every moment. The moment we make our priority an ultimate thing and give no allowance for God to interrupt us, we need to be careful to pause and examine ourselves.  True productivity isn't about tightly controlling ourselves and our calendars, but about unleashing ourselves in love toward others. " ALL productivity practices, all of our work, everything is given to us by God for the purpose of serving others in the MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.  I find God consistently using those interrupted moments of life not only to use me as a means of grace in the lives of others, but also shape me and change me. and perhaps knock me off the well beaten path of agendas and give me a FRESH AWARENESS of Himself through the lives of others. The same is true for ANY follower of Jesus. The benefits both of doing the interrupting , as well as the person being interrupted because it is in those instances God reveals himself in ways we may never have seen or experienced otherwise. God is erecting visible signs of the cross in our path for our benefit to show us thst His kingdom is at hands to invite us in His work. Interruption is God's invitation. God is inviting us to SEE Him all AROUND us, in the lives of others, in our conversations, in our serving those in need.  Interruption is not simply a matter of our heart developing patience; it's about experiencing true life. It is one of God's way of waking us up to what's around us to see there's more to be done than our self appointed task for the day. Interruption is God's ENHANCEMENT of our relationship with Jesus and His tender way of encouraging his creations to be a part of the kingdom come.  For it is with God all things are possible Matthew 19:26

Thank you for this reminder