Root canal??

So this morning i went into the dentist for an emergency visit. Thankfully they will be working with me to make it affordable because I discovered I need a root canal. But i got to the dentist early, we got the xrays and everything going for the tooth and I'm sitting in the chair..they've started the process and the lights go out...so then, the backup kicks in and the dentist can pretty much just continue on as normal. So she goes ahead and gets the Novocain going..and then all the power goes out. So I am sitting in the room in the dark with my right cheek going numb...waiting.
From the outside looking in this looks like a disaster. But this morning in the middle of it all i found myself praying for the people around the office. For God's intervention in their lives and His favor to be there as I am needing to trust Him to provide to take care of this..it's going to be a process that continues when I get back from ATW, but have to get the tooth taken care of this week..so I will be back to get it done. What if its more about building relationships with these people than it is about the problem of teeth and money???
I've been realizing a lot lately that sometimes I can entirely miss what God might be doing because I'm so entirely focused on my circumstances...when maybe God is doing something else.
Paul never focused on how he must have done something wrong to end up in prison..instead He thanked God for the new congregation every few hours that were shackled to him as his guards.
What in your life right now might need a slightly different focus? So that instead of looking around we look up and we see what He is doing? Maybe we don't see something else..but then again...maybe we will.