Looking for cans; and Christ sharing opportunities:

In our previous place of residence we had a reasonably large yard and thus our two small-medium size dogs didn’t need as many “walkies” then, unlike now in our “teeny-weeny, itzy bitzy “excuse for a back yard. Now over here, when you take your dog or dogs, for a walk you are supposed to pick up after them or be liable for a rather HEFTY MONETARY FINE. So, these days, when I take the Dogs “walkies”, (which is just about most days,) I take two empty bags with me. One for the ‘doggy doo’; and one for? Well! For many years now, one of my (two) brothers, has been picking up empty aluminium cans, and when he has a lot, takes them to a Scrap metal dealer and then donates the proceeds to two charities that he has been supporting for some years now. Now the rest of us aren’t so conscientious, but we do support our brother by saving our own cans and any others we come across, and passing them on to him. Thus now when I take the dogs out for their “Walkies” I usually collect any empty aluminium cans that I come across on my travels. Thus I am getting quite good at spotting empty Aluminium cans at 100 paces, when I am in the zone. Which I obviously wasn’t the other day when we went out. Although I did see a couple of obvious cans halfway through my walk, I couldn’t be bothered at the thought of carrying just two cans for the rest of the walk, and so left them for another time - if they were still there. Well the next morning I decided to cover the same ground again and if the cans were still there, pick them and any others I saw, up. Which I did! Although I covered the same area as I did the day before when I only saw 2 cans, this time I spotted (& picked up) quite a few others, both before and after the only two I originally saw. And from looking at these extra cans it was quite obvious that not only were they likely there the day before too, but there for many days too. Yes they were there, but because I was not looking for them they were not seen by me. True of a lot of things in life isn’t it? We often don’t see things we should see, not because they are not there, but because we are not really looking for them then. Non-Christians can stop reading here, but I couldn’t help but think how true that this is in our own personal testimonies of Christ too. As Christians we are supposed to be salt and light to the world around us by sharing with them what Christ has done for us, but so often we say we can’t do that because we never have the opportunity to do so. Well, I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that we in fact have many more opportunities to do so, than we claim, but because we are not looking for them, we miss all but the most obvious. So my brothers and sisters in Christ, I am going to encourage you today to lift up your eyes and your mind and see all the opportunities that you have to share with others what Christ has done and is doing in you. There is no need to “Bible-Bash” anyone, simply to share with all who will listen, what Christ has done for you and how He can do it for them too, if they will allow Him. So as I close, can I again encourage you to see the opportunities you already have to share with others what Christ has done for you, and then share it? Please.