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Too often I like not only conversations but many of life issues wrapped up and completed. But real life has many to be continued moments. I am wondering if we should listen more and supply answers less. Perhaps just exploring the mysteries of life together is a life long journey that calls us all to be in a continuing journey.
My new District Superintendent is a warm and caring person but more he wants to follow God in his life. That is my desire, too. Together with other disciples of Jesus we learn and grow. There is always more to learn as we walk hand in hand with Jesus. To be continued.
I find it so easy to get caught up in the trivia of life. When I get caught in this trap some of life’s minor issues start to take on more importance than they should. For example more than once I have spent time and energy concerned about something that is so temporary that once it is over it truly is over. I want to live my life more focusing on the important facets of lie. I want to have my eyes so focused on the eternal that I truly inherit the abundant life that Jesus offers to us all.
If I suddenly learned that my life was going to end in a week, I might live this week differently. I am sure that I would not be so concerned about the little things of life. It would cause changes in my view of life, itself. Down in the depth of my soul, I know that I am not going to live forever. But I don’t always think about it in the middle of some of life’s mundane happenings. Today and this week I am going to think about what really matters.
Lately I have noticed that I have a battle going on inside of myself. I wake up and start to think of many things. Some of these thoughts are very positive and others are not so positive. I am not sure how it all works but I know that the road I choose to go down will determine how my day is going. If I choose to think on all that I have to do and how it is really a burden and how I am feeling overwhelmed, then before long I am stuck. No matter what I do it just seems to leave a bad taste in my mouth. I know this truth and yet I struggle with it at the same time.
I know that for me many factors help put me on the right or wrong path. Sleep, rest, exercise, and much more going into how I choose to think. Today as I write these words I feel great. The day is going well but I know that soon (all too soon) I will be in a battle. I will have to choose to think on the lovely. The biggest battle I fight is within my own mind.
There are many rules, both written and unwritten that seem to flourish among the followers of Jesus. There is a rule about not doing this and doing that. I grew up in a church with many rules. We could not do certain activities because they were wrong and God did not want you to do them. There was much good in my childhood church. I caught on that a vital and personal relationship with God was at the center of following Jesus. But there was one area where there were no rules. There was not a single rule about pride.
Growing up I felt good about keeping the rules. After all it required discipline and commitment. It also made me feel like I was a bit closer to God than others who were not following the same rules. But no one ever talked to me about how proud I could become in my walk with Jesus. Pride is one of those sins that creeps in slowly. So slowly that is can go unnoticed. For me I can start to get a glimpse of this sin when I feel superior to others especially in my relationship to God. (I won’t even talk about the sin of judging here.)
So, today I am asking God to help me humbly walk with Him. It is not about rules but about a vital relationship. I hope I am more interested in that relationship than about what I can or cannot do.