Pulled up behind a SUV in the Home Depot parking lot and I was
struck by the vanity license plate on the vehicle. It said “Callonme”, and in my
instant reverie, I immediately began channeling Carole King singing “You’ve Got
a Friend.”
“When
you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand … you just call out my
name and you know wherever I am, I’ll come running.”
The song was written by Carole King, and she recorded it for
her album titled Tapestry, one of the bestselling in all recording history.
While still silently humming the song, a contractor type
person showed up and unlocked the vehicle and got in.
"Winter,
spring, summer or fall, all you’ve got to do is call, and I’ll be there. You’ve
got a friend.”
But a reality check soon overcame my fixation with music
decades old. Instead of a Scripture text being the immediate thing to come to
mind, I thought of Carole King. Maybe having recently seen the stage musical of
her life and music, titled “Beautiful”, may have had much to do with that focus. But
look at how much more it could have been
There is Psalm 50:15 – Then call on me when you are in
trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.
Jeremiah 33:3 – Call to me and I will answer and tell you
great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Psalm 91:15 – When they call on me, I will answer; I will be
with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.
Keep Colossians 3:2 in mind when you feel your focus going
awry. “Set your mind on things that are
above, not on things that are on earth.”
Robert Parlante
I'm curious why the contractor has that on his license plate. Wouldn't it be encouraging if he meant it as a biblical reference rather than an ad for his services? :-)
ReplyDeleteMy first reaction was a biblical reference. If it was a contractor there was no phone number on the SUV to possibly call. (Sorry for the delay with my response to your comment!)
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