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My
older son called and he was offered a teaching position at a
University in America. He has been in Belgium working on a
doctorate and is done with that work. So, he is thinking about his
future. As he is thinking about his it has started me thinking, too.
A move to the United States would mean that my son and his family
might be living closer to me. This thought has occupied some of my
thinking time. Any change -even positive change- causes a death to
the old and the new to come forth.
Just
living is to be among many changing experiences. I am not sure what
all this means or even if it has to have a meaning. But I do know
that I must live each moment by faith. By faith I believe that life
is good even in those moments it seems otherwise. By faith I also
believe that God is working all things in my life for His good. So,
today I am asking God for more faith and going to take faith for a
walk around the block.
I,
like all in my community, set my clock ahead by one hour. That
doesn’t sound like a big deal. It is only one hour. But it does
cause me some minor concerns. For example, I am wanting to stay up a
little earlier than usual and I am not ready for meals which seem a
little early. This time change shows again that I am so much a
creature of habit that even a time change is easily noticed by me.
It
really is the little things in life that make a difference. That is
why I practice some spiritual disciplines. Reading a devotional
everyday is such a part of my life that to skip it does have an
impact on me. Praying each day as I take my early morning walk is so
such a ritual that when I have to miss it my day seems off. More
than once I have had to look at my daily routines and see if they are
helping or hurting my life – all of my life even the spiritual
side. As I think about this subject I realize again that the time
change has helped me look at my life and how I live it. As I think
about it maybe I need more time changes. (Just kidding but I hope you
get the point)
Have
you ever had those times where you were in inner turmoil? I have at
times found myself doing battle with me. There have been those times
I have seen a situation from different points of view and really I
was not sure what to do or which way to turn I find those moments
very difficult to handle. I have even found myself losing sleep just
wondering.
Perhaps
the trouble is that I am looking at all of this from the wrong angle.
I am looking at it from my vantage point. Maybe I should be looking
more to God and letting Him work it out. That is not to say I will
do nothing but it is to say I want to be a person who looks to God
first and last and then see what happens rather than a person who
looks to the problems first and last. So, this week I am determined
to focus more on God and less on me and my concerns.