The Daily Encourager
The Perfect Mistake
Author Unknown
May 19, 2009
The Perfect Mistake
My mother's father worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he
was building some crates for the clothes his church was sending to
orphanages in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket
to find his glasses, but they were gone. When he mentally replayed his
earlier actions, he realized what had happened; the glasses had slipped
out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen in one of the crates, which he
had nailed shut.
His brand new glasses were heading for China! The Great Depression was
at it's height and Grandpa had six children. He had spent $50 for those
glasses that very morning. He was upset by the thought of having to buy
another pair. "It's not fair," he told God as he drove home in
frustration. "I've been very faithful in giving of my time and money to
your work, and now this."
Months later, the director of the orphanage was on furlough in the
United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him in
China, so he came to speak one Sunday at my grandfather's small church
in Chicago. The missionary began by thanking the people for their
faithfulness in supporting the orphanage. "But most of all," he said, "I
must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, the
Communists had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything,
including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there
was simply no way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able
to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my co-workers and I
were much in prayer about this. Then your crates arrived. When my staff
removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top."
The missionary paused long enough to let his words sink in. Then, still
gripped with the wonder of it all, he continued, "Folks, when I tried on
the glasses, it was as though they had been custom made just for me! I
want to thank you for being a part of that." The people listened, happy
for the miraculous glasses. But the missionary surely must have confused
their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their
list of items to be sent overseas. But sitting quietly in the back, with
tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master
Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
There are times we want to blame God instead of thanking Him! Perhaps it
is something we ought to try more often, "Thank you God for not allowing
my car to start this morning." He may have been saving your life from a
car accident. May God bless your day today. Look for the perfect
mistakes.
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)
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