Here I come to save the day!!!

I remember as a kid watching Mighty Mouse and his famous saying, "Here I come to save the day". When I got married and then later a father I made myself the "Mighty Mouse" of the family. I have always kind of seen myself as the fixit guy. I cannot stand having anything broken around. Whether it is a leaky faucet or a hurting child I must fix it, immediately.

This can be a good thing sometimes. It is surely better than being totally apathetic all of the time. I think wisdom is finally taking over and I am learning when to not "fix" things. Often as the chief fixer, I rush in to "save the day". In typical superhero fashion I put on all of the "gear" I need to fix the problem at hand.

Like I rush into the bathroom where there is water on the floor with the wet vac in hand to suck up the water. I am 100% focused on this solution because, hey, I have a wet vac. It turns out the real problem is an overflowing toilet and I should turn the water off. We want to apply our solution and sometimes miss the fact that we are fixing the wrong problem. I think of story of a knight in shining armor going off to save the princess from the burning castle. Because eh assumed that the problem was the dragon and he brought his dragon fighting tools that is what needed to be done. It is a smart and brave knight that realizes he is fighting the wrong battle and will switch his plan.

Recently, I had such a situation where I had a daughter who was sick and in a foreign country. I was sure that what I needed to go was to save her to where she could stay where she was. I had battle plans and all the gear imaginable to save her. But by the grace of God, I was able to see that the solution/fixing I wanted to do was not the solution she needed. She is now home and recovering nicely. God is good and always has a plan, we just need to take the time to listen for it.