“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” Lamentations 3:40

Growing up in the family I did, shooting and guns have always been a hobby. Some people golf, play tennis or any number of things. I shoot. So it was with great anticipation that I went, with a fellow shooter, to the brand new indoor gun range in town. As soon as we entered the door, the sound and smell made me smile. This was going to be fun.

I don’t shoot that often, but enough. I have been having a problem with the site on my favorite target pistol, and have tried to adjust it myself… with no success. Since I was hitting the target with a pattern abut the size of a large coffee can at 21 feet… I didn’t see the site problem as that big of a deal. As we were about to leave, the gun shop owner asked about our experience.

When I told him HIS range was perfect, but that MY pistol site had to be off, he said, ”let me take a look at it,” I placed the pistol into his hands and he took it back to his shop where I could see him working on the issue. After a few minutes he returned it saying, “it wasn’t your site, it was your rail. I tightened it for you… no charge!” I was gratefully shocked.

I didn’t expect the rail to be a problem at all, so I had missed diagnosing the real problem myself. Furthermore, I do not expect an expert to do something for me for free. Overjoyed, I left the range the same way I came in… with a smile! Because the whole experience was enjoyable AND I had made a friend, I will return and bring friends with me.

It is a fact that the biggest problem I have in my life… is ME! I do NOT need ANY help in messing things up. I can do it all by myself. RARE is the time that I can actually, and permanently, FIX something that is a problem in my life. With MY eyes in MY head… the sites of MY life are usually focused on ME. It is when things go badly that I am forced to return to the one who KNOWS me and has MY best interests at heart. My God, being blessed by my admission that I am my own problem, can then do the detail work to set me straight. In my gratefulness, His response is like that of the range owner… “No charge! Please keep coming!”

To God, where I place my focus is ALWAYS a big deal. I don’t think I’ll wait so long to go to Him with my site-work next time.