Hopefully by now, you readers have figured out that there are no guarantees in life, especially when it comes to blogs. As has been previously underscored, life is hectic and busy and posting to our blog doesn't always make it into the top 50 things I hope to get done today.
Furthermore, life doesn't get any easier, Lorlee, when those 5 young children of yours will grow up into 5 young adults who still need their mommy & daddy, only in a different way. As it was, this weekend, Dave and I had to "divide and conquer" in order to throw a 14-year-old birthday party and take a 17-year-old on a college tour. But suffice it to say, kick-the-can has as much appeal as it ever has, especially when mud and darkness are added. The party will long be remembered in the minds of 8 14-year-old boys - good job, Dad. And that Seattle is an awesome place to imagine oneself living the great, single life of a college student who has finally "gotten out of the valley"!
Now for the reality check of all this fun travel and frantic partying; it took this mother 10 1/2 hours of sleep last night to recover from riding the Space Needle elevator, the Bainbridge ferry and hiking the Seattle waterfront all the way up to the bus depot. I definitely should have started this when I was younger. I know some day all this activity will subside and then I will really know what I am missing.
Which brings me to my tidbit for you this week. It comes once again from a radio program I heard this past week (yes, I do spend alot of time in the car!) and it really caught my attention. The question had to do with how we live the Christian life and it went like this: If God suddenly disappeared from the stage of your life, would you notice He was missing?
It really hit me that it's possible I might be so busy and so self-sufficient that I could miss something like that. Then I read in this week's study about Paul who while driving down the Damascus freeway was pulled over and stranded for 3 days. He suddenly came to the realization that he was completely dependent on others and had been busy doing all the wrong things.
Another fresh perspective on this would be from the words of a song I've listened to alot lately. No, of course I didn't get this from my drive time - I have a life outside of my car, you know. There's that radio - CD player in my kitchen.
from WORTHLESS by Point of Grace:
I woke up today with a revelation
An introduction to the truth
I knew the world was round
What goes up comes down
And maybe I finally got it figured out
A moment is worthless, No meaning, purpose
Every breath is just wasted
If you are not the center of my world I'm just drifting
Barely existing
Every minute without you
Is worthless
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