Out with the old....
So, I've been a little quiet as of late. Mostly because Safari won't load the page to let me write this thing. Partly because keeping quiet about the events of my life seems to make a little bit of sense these days.
I misplaced my phone today. I have a new one to replace it. It's time. I can't hold onto the dinosaur forever. Fortunately, it's misplaced in a safe place and I'll get it back. I have pictures on it that I want to keep. The phone has lived out its purpose.
I went to Sandy this morning with the intention of having a donut and a lively discussion about where the ministry I'm sorta involved with is heading. I had no thoughts one way or the other on the matter and didn't feel the Lord leading me to form an opinion one way or the other.
The reason why is that the meeting I was looking at attending didn't materialize. God had other plans for me.
I keep a journal these days and for the last 34 days, I've been walking daily through a devotional. It's been interesting how God is using this time to prepare and transition me from where I was to where I'm heading. The phone just seems to be kind of a metaphor and a visual object lesson of transition.
Sometimes you have to let go of the old to get to the new. I've wanted a smartphone for a long time but haven't indulged. Today, though, it just kind of seemed to make sense, after the morning's worship and the words I heard spoken to the men of the church I was a guest at.
The words had one meaning to them; quite another to me. For them it was a call to action, a movement forward in their men's ministry. For me, they were validations of things that I'm seeing manifest themselves in my own life. As I'm fond of saying... there just isn't that much coincidence in the whole wide world and if the man who was leading the meeting this morning could read my journal, he'd understand what that word he brought to us carried for yours truly.
I know a few of the men in this group as acquaintances. It didn't stop God from using those ties to strengthen and prepare me for what's ahead in my life.
That's the cool thing about the word of God. Two people in two totally different places in their lives can hear the same verse and draw what they need from it. The Word doesn't change. It changes US.
What I got today, was a stop at an oasis. I was fed and I grew. I was encouraged and reinforced.
Glory to God for those blessings! And thanks, Lord for the new phone.
I misplaced my phone today. I have a new one to replace it. It's time. I can't hold onto the dinosaur forever. Fortunately, it's misplaced in a safe place and I'll get it back. I have pictures on it that I want to keep. The phone has lived out its purpose.
I went to Sandy this morning with the intention of having a donut and a lively discussion about where the ministry I'm sorta involved with is heading. I had no thoughts one way or the other on the matter and didn't feel the Lord leading me to form an opinion one way or the other.
The reason why is that the meeting I was looking at attending didn't materialize. God had other plans for me.
I keep a journal these days and for the last 34 days, I've been walking daily through a devotional. It's been interesting how God is using this time to prepare and transition me from where I was to where I'm heading. The phone just seems to be kind of a metaphor and a visual object lesson of transition.
Sometimes you have to let go of the old to get to the new. I've wanted a smartphone for a long time but haven't indulged. Today, though, it just kind of seemed to make sense, after the morning's worship and the words I heard spoken to the men of the church I was a guest at.
The words had one meaning to them; quite another to me. For them it was a call to action, a movement forward in their men's ministry. For me, they were validations of things that I'm seeing manifest themselves in my own life. As I'm fond of saying... there just isn't that much coincidence in the whole wide world and if the man who was leading the meeting this morning could read my journal, he'd understand what that word he brought to us carried for yours truly.
I know a few of the men in this group as acquaintances. It didn't stop God from using those ties to strengthen and prepare me for what's ahead in my life.
That's the cool thing about the word of God. Two people in two totally different places in their lives can hear the same verse and draw what they need from it. The Word doesn't change. It changes US.
What I got today, was a stop at an oasis. I was fed and I grew. I was encouraged and reinforced.
Glory to God for those blessings! And thanks, Lord for the new phone.
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