Kid DEES~~~Great doors are swung on tiny hinges

In the world of electronically operated doors there are still some hung on hinges. If you’ve never noticed, they are the metal things that keep the door swinging. It doesn’t seem to take much of a hinge to swing the biggest of doors. How well they swing depends on the hinge.

In life many doors of opportunity are opened on the tiniest of hinges. A simple little act of volunteering at a nursing home can open the door to a job working with the elderly. A writing assignment in class can open the door to future writings as you find something you’re good at and enjoy. The tiny hinge of being good at whatever you do can open big doors of great opportunities. It doesn’t matter the talent, the gift, or the hinge its what we do with these hinges.

Doors will open and doors will close. Some will swing fast and others will take their time. It’s important to be patient and to not give up or expect all doors to be the same for everyone. I had a door once in my car that seemed to take its time to open so I sprayed oil on it to make it swing better. It swung better all right. It swung so fast I was never able to move quick enough to get out of its way. OUCH! Later I used that same oil on a door leading into my laundry room hoping to get that door to swing just as well and stop squeaking. It never did work as the door continues to make noise.

Since we never know what hinge will work or what will make it work even better we need to keep on trying. Trusting in God to show us what opportunities are best is a good way to catch those moments. We need to trust His judgment when doors are opened and others are closed.

There’s a saying you may have heard before that goes like this, “When God closes a door somewhere He opens a window.” In other words He may stop us from going one way but He will open other opportunities for us through the tiny windows of bigger and better things. Our job is to stay alert and be looking for these moments instead of sitting around pouting outside closed doors that were never meant to be in the first place.

It’s our job to be on the lookout for tiny hinges of bigger opportunities as we allow God to be our doorkeeper. Its up to us to stand ready to trust Him to open the ones that need to be opened and close the ones that need to be closed.

Thank you God for the door of Jesus Christ and the way He opened for us to enter Heaven. Opportunity has knocked, may we all take the time to enter, embrace, and enjoy eternity with God our Father.

Copyright 2010 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing