What's up these days? Its Summer in Phoenix. The dog days. Our lousy economy has squelched a lot of options. Travel that might have been for renewel not so probable for many of us. Our lives, our kids, our goals... where do they go from here? Ever feel stuck in limbo - vast arrays of good ideas, but where to go with them? What's the motivation? Where's the kick-start from the day-to-day routine, that gets them going? Its a wearisome time for sure.
I recently thought about high school... when I came alive after two years in - and started to actually like it. What changed? Got involved - just a little. A little which proved to be enough. Can I translate that in the now? One would think so. Why not? I remember praying once a while back and heard the 'little voice' say "Me First!" Of course that means... not ourselves! At the same time, its important to remember one's own drives, being careful not to neglect doing the things that are uniquely yours to accomplish. I think perhaps, do a God-thing first (whatever you/he have determined are your 'service' gifts), and do it. Just one. And then do one of your own things. Its kinda like some of the family-guides say; "don't get your kids involved in everyting under the sun - just one thing, so everybody's not spread so thin. After that, see what happens. See where they go. See what develops. You never know.
I was driving up a high, easterly curving freeway ramp the other day, and looking south, saw a great cloud bank, looming largely in front of me. My imagination hasn't been at its peak of late; but this day, I could actually visulize motoring up and off the ramp, into the air, and zooming right into the thunderheads. Then, I'd be zipping through the heavens. Ultimeately into the 'eye of God', so to speak. I remembered some words from a class on grief, about how our best day on earth won't/can't match what awaits in God's realm. For an instant, I think I got a glimpse. It was pretty cool.
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