This morning when I woke up I struggled through my prayers. One thing caught my attention though, it was my prayer for God to show me what I can do today for the man who is still sick.

On my way in to work I came out of the parking garage and onto the side walk looking down the hill. This morning I noticed several of the men flocking in from the night toward the Salvation Army. There was a guy on a bike coming toward me whom I recognized. I caught his eye as he passed and said hello. He remembered me and came back. We talked for a few minutes and he told me about how he had been on a relapse, lost everything he had built up during his sobriety and been to jail. He spoke to me about his desparation. God inspired me with words of encouragement for him and I told him I would pray that the Holy Spirit would come into him.

I was immediately grateful to God for the opportunity to carry the message and perform that part of my sobriety program today.

I thought later toay about how valuable these opportunities are. I also thought about how the meetings are also these types of opportunities and my attitude should be one of vocation. My job there is to carry the message.