I'm not done with you yet...

     Today was a long day. This week was a long week. Tomorrow will be a long day. Needless to say I'm physically and emotionally drained. The Retreat was amazing! But so much was poured into it that all the sponsors and myself a drained...
     At about 10:30 was when we started our last part of cleaning up and I said to Tyler that we should get out around 11:15ish. Well, we finish the last bit of cleaning and I go and drop some stuff off in the sanctuary. I run back up to the office to get my keys and move my car to put the equipment I borrowed in there. As I was waking out I was thinking in my head "I'm done with the day... It's been a long one. It was good but I've had enough." As I get into my car another car pulls into the parking lot. At this point it's only me and Tyler left.
     I drive over to the other door and she's out of her car in the parking lot and I thought she waved at me so I waved back.  But when I got out of my car she was walking towards us and needed help.  She asked if I spoke Spanish.  I replied "No hablo." lol.  Long story short she needed directions.  Somehow a lot of the Spanish I had been taught came back to me and I helped her find out how to her destination.
     It wasn't until Tyler and I were walking back towards my car that it hit me.  I said "I'm done with the day..."  God had another plan.  He still had work for me to do.  He needed me to minister to this woman.  The humbling part of this whole experience is that I taught a class that very morning about submission.  Who are we going to submit ourselves to as slaves?  We are slaves to the one whom we choose to obey.  Paul says we have two choices--sin or obedience (Rom 6:15-18).
     Part of being a slave is that we sometimes don't have a choice when we are told or asked to do something.  I had the option of ignoring this woman or not giving her the kindness due or helping her.  I chose to obey Christ.  I don't say this to toot my own horn.  I say this to remind myself that Jesus teaches lessons better than I ever will and he taught to me the exact same message I taught a dozen high schoolers this morning...

I have not proofread this or anything so I apologize for any grammatical mistakes.  I'm also very tired and there is the high possibility of this not even being coherent.  If so, I might fix it later. lol I just needed to get this written down while it was fresh.