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Authomatic Doors at Grocery Stores

I am posting this short piece as a reminder to pay attention to the small reminders in life that have big meanining. I had a revelatory yet humurous encounter with a door at Shop and Stop which taught me --just walk through.

Date: March 28, 2007
Place: Stop and Shop

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Opportunities opening like automatic doors at groceries stores
Large enough to push a cart of dreams through
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Door Dilemmas
As I walked out of the grocery store, I noticed how the automatic doors just opened up for me, anticipating my steps forward and I thought – huh isn’t that a little like Faith?
Ever come upon a door only to stop analyze and ask questions instead of just walking through:

“I know that door is supposed to open but….what if it doesn’t.”
“What if I step forward and nothing happens at all?”
“What if I run into the door?”
“What if the electrical signals are bad?”
On and on...

Sounds comical and thankfully I’ve never seen anyone fretting and sweating from worry before any door. I mean, why wouldn’t the door open? Well replace door with a symbolic representation like opportunity, new relationship, purpose, dream, entrepreneurial effort, life change and walking through a "door" gets a little harder.

Secret Steps to Walking (Shhh)
Step 1. Place One Foot in Front of the Other
Step 2.(See Step 1, repeat)

Faith is stepping forward expecting doors to open. We do it every day, yet becomes so paralyzing. The sensors know your coming, just step out. It was built that way by design and so is Faith, expect it work just that same way.

I’ve never had a problem with one of those doors malfunctioning and sometimes there is no automatic door but a manual door I could open myself. Either way I make it through as long as I have a mind to. We expect the grocery store to open doors for us. Expect God to do the same.

Just something to think about

Comments

Jo said…
Well, actually I have walked into doors before! Twice to be exact! They were glass doors! LOL! You are right, we have to walk out on faith, but as we walk, we also have to look, watch, and see where we are going and more importantly, WHAT we are walking into! LOL! Thanks for the thoughts!
May 15, 2007 at 10:33 AM
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