The 'High' of Glue

Scraping glue…yup that has been my job for the past couple of days…and will continue for another couple of days. In times past, yet even up until right before I left for this trip, a job like this would have brought me nearly into the pit of despair. I would dread getting up in the morning knowing the menial task that awaited me for that day. I do have to admit, there have been some times where I question what I’m doing here. I could be back home making good money and doing tasks that were ‘worthy of an experienced A&P mechanic.’ But this time it’s different…
Yesterday, I woke up with a Scripture verse in my head. The words, ‘who for the joy set before Him endured the cross’ kept playing over and over in my head. It has been a while since I’ve had Scripture in my head when I’ve woken up…and it’s wonderful. God knew exactly what I needed to meditate on while doing a menial, hard task. If Jesus could look at a horrible execution, with joy, knowing the benefits and the future rewards…then I could look at a task that cowers in the face of His task…with equal joy. This lesson is one I need to grasp and apply to everything in my life…joy through anything is something I have lacked, and continue to pray for God to give me and help me find again. This small lesson has made this mechanic look at slabs of rubber, glue, rags with toxic MEK, respirator, scraper, a heat gun, and many stubbed and scraped fingers…with joy!!