Hit in the Head

It was a Saturday afternoon and our whole family was at the park watching the boys play on their flag football teams. I was filling out forms for the boys and everyone else was throwing the football, including Brent's Grandmother who also came to watch. From what I have been told, it was a good throw and a bad catch that allowed the football to land directly on my head. Somehow Brent took a picture at the same time. And so you have documentation of my reaction, along with everyone elses, after getting hit.

Ever had that happen before? I have. I think I am doing something so important and then, BAM! I get hit on the head with something so unexpected and suddenly what I was doing has disappeared and I am faced with something completely different. Sometimes it is a sorrow, disappointment, or destruction. Sometimes it is for learning, growing or instruction. Sometimes it could be something so wonderful that it would have passed on by unless it hit you squarely on the head.

God has a way of doing that, too. He knows how we are, he knows how set in our ways we can be and dedicated to those things that seem so important to us. Paul knew this concept quite well. He thought he had it all together, God took it all apart. He had to be hit on the head first, he was blinded. God did the rest:

" Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.
As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
“Who are you, lord?” Saul asked.
And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting! Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one! Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus. He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink."
Acts 9:1-9 (NLT)