My home group meets on a Tuesday night. A week ago this past Tuesday, a young lady volunteered to chair that meeting for someone else. I said don't worry I'll be there a few minutes early to help you set up the tables. She offered to drive me to the meeting. I said that would be great. I went home and forgot that I'd made that commitment.
This past Monday, I was chatting to someone from a group in another city close to mine that also meets on Tuesday night. She suggested I go to her meeting and I agreed. I even arranged for a guy I sponsor to drive me to the meeting. Then, I was reminded by my wife that I should let the girl chairing my home group not to come pick me up. Oops I thought.
The Tuesday I had double-booked myself I received a call from the guy I sponsor. He got called in to work that night and so he wouldn't be able to drive me to the out of town meeting. I called a few others but they all had previous plans. Just as I was calling one last hope, I realized what had happened.
I was asserting my will in this situation. God's will should have been clear. I should have honored my original commitment and been there to assist the woman chairing my home group, not galavanting off to a meeting in another city. I am aware that my God does not involve Himself in the minutiae of my life, but even so I think now that events had happened in a specific way so that I would be able to do His will instead of my own.
At the end of the day, I went to my home group, helped my friend set up the chairs and tables, and I ended up as the chairperson for a breakout meeting that we have. Obviously, I was supposed to be there.