As I look over my year thus far I can only wonder what’s in store for the remainder of my year. My mother’s departure helps me to stay aware of the brevity of life. I admit I sometimes find myself wrapped up in some of life’s petty little issues. Sometimes I get on the ‘all about me’ horse and ride him into the wind but when I hit the edge of the cliff and he won’t jump; I’m able to see how futile my thinking can be and I laugh at my own calamity for it is not calamity at all. I’m trying to pay close attention to the things I desire, the pursuits I chase, and the people I unite with. Intimate moments with God is my greatest peace, my realest moments. He gives me clear thinking, He gives me vision for how I can best serve Him, and gives me discipline & comfort. I need Him like my unborn child needs my oxygen; when I’m cut off from Him I can’t truly live!
While talking with my Boo the other day, he gave me a really good thought, he said (and I’ll paraphrase), if I (speaking of himself) don’t wake up every morning and think to myself dang the rapture didn’t happen, it’s a great indicator that I am self-consumed and concerned more about my earthly citizenship than my heavenly citizenship. This was really good for me. If we think about it many Christians pray, ‘your Kingdom come’ but few really mean that or at least few people consciously swallow it and put out results-oriented living based on its truth. I can say this with certainty because look at our pursuits. How many of us take out time to serve the widows & orphans (taking care of a family doesn’t count…that should be a given)? How many of us give of our resources to help the needy? Some of us still battle over paying our tithes! The church has dropped the ball and our world suffers for it; heck Christians are suffering too. I wonder what Paul (of the Bible) would say about us? The ‘church’ is too involved in its appearance and it’s growth numbers to really get down to reaching the un-churched, the desolate, the lonely & the fatherless. How much more effective could the church be if we all stayed true to our roles? What if we all used our resources, talents, gifts and skills for more than our personal gain? OMG (that’s oh my gosh), what if we really followed the manual?
I’m done for now!
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