Saturday, February 16, 2008
only if...
Snap your closed eyes open
much more happens than you know
and the world is calling for a savior
They cry out for one you know
I’ve been challenged a lot lately as to the direction of my life. I suppose it’s not much of a change from the norm. We all struggle and fight to find our place. ‘The bane of our existence’ as some would put it, is trying to find our ‘voice’. I know I personally don’t just want to blend into the rat race of this world, but I would do so as to be the one who is in, but not of in order that some may be saved.
I’ve realized that one of the reasons I probably find it so hard to figure out what in the world I am doing, is simply because I spend more time thinking about it rather than praying. We all underestimate the power of prayer too much. As a simple tangible example, I wanted to tell you about my electric razor. Karina had borrowed it the other day when we were in Brandon MB. She remembered giving it back, and I was sure she hadn’t. Therefore we checked all our bags. We went through everything. I found the power cord, but the razor my dad had bought for me was gone. It was annoying and inconvenient but not the end of the world. We prayed about it, and we figured it might be in the van. Maybe it would show up. That kind of thing.
Then out of the blue one morning we woke up and we had been in Calgary a few days, Karina opened up her computer bag (which she frequently uses) and the razor was sitting on top. I have no idea how it ended up there. Neither of us do to this day. That is other than God put it there. My only guess is that as much as He is involved in the big things in our lives, he is also intimately involved in the small things of our life.
As I’m getting ready for the Costa Rica spring break teams and learning some Spanish songs, I’m realizing that I need to be concerned with the little things. The things that only God sees. The things I do when nobody is around… the things that I don’t get the credit for… the little things.
I only wish it were easier to put into practice; these ‘live life with meaning’ kinds of things.
on a side note, here are two really good quotes.
"play the silence." - Jacob @ Briercrest (I asked him for guitar advice)
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke 1729-1797
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