| | So Jan asks me, "how am I doing today?" Innocent enough...except for the circumstances. Is she asking "are you ready to throw yourself off a cliff", or is it "are you as angry as I am today", or maybe it is "is your despair overflowing for all to see?"
A friend of ours emailed me this week with the insightful insight: "we are too old for this crap". Add in a few "so what's the deal, God, with this", shake gently (or violently as your mood dictates), and pour into your life and see what effect it has. A slight buzz, for sure, but of the kind that keeps you edgy, overly quick to react to what people say...or don't say.
Perhaps it has nothing to do with God in an interventionist or causal way. Pehaps it is the consequence of my own actions, uncalculated as they may have been. And perhaps God waits, wondering if the talents and brainpower He engineered within this now-bulky body will be put to use. Unleashed, so to speak. Perhaps to break decade old habits.
Will He keep waking me up early to get busy? Will he tweak my conscience to move from thoughts, ideas and conversation to action? Will the tools He sent my way be picked up and applied?
Once upon a time, I believed in the sanctity of inspiration...and moved from the far end of that continuum to embracing the idea that consistent application of fundamentals are the key. We attended a life-purpose seminar early in 2007. Inspiring, yes, but also with the knowledge that the only way to get on with living your purpose are those fundamentals - the daily steps forward.
So, how AM I today? Thinking of hope, thinking of what could be, and thinking of what needs to be. And listening for God's whispers or shouts, however He prefers to serve it up. |
| | Posted 1/21/2007 10:57 AM - 11 views - 0 comments
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