Wow. Let's talk about how the last time I wrote was on June 1 and it is now the 19th. To say that I've been "busy" is an understatement, and I HATE that. Nothing is ever crossed out on my to-do list, I'm never at home for more than an hour unless I'm sleeping, working 8-5 is tiring, I never have time to stop and think. And what I have realized is, I'm using the "I'm busy" excuse and letting it seep into my spiritual life. Sad. Pathetic. I can NEVER be too "busy" to spend time with God and there is absolutely no way to validate not doing so.
It's time to stop the cycle of needing to "re-commit".
I know life is a work in progress and mine has definitely improved this year, but that is no reason for my not to keep striving for improvement...because Lord knows (really), I have a loooonnngggg way to go.
One thing that keeps showing up in my life has been the necessity to live a "missional" lifestyle. I've heard it in numerous sermons, thought about it in Kenya, has come up in conversations with friends and family, etc. No, that doesn't mean that I think everyone needs to go live in a foreign country and be a missionary. But I do believe that everyone is called to "ministry" in a sense. People tend to compartmentalize their lives-the way we act with friends, with family, at work, at school, at church, on mission trips. Imagine if Christians truly lived out what we were supposed to, how different the culture of the Church would be. Every Christian is entering into full time ministry, just not in the traditional sense. It's so important to seek out opportunities, relationships, and situations to share your faith. No, not passing out a tract in the middle of the street, walking up to people and asking them if they know Jesus (pronounced, "GEE-zus!"), but building meaningful relationships with people. It's so hard to remove ourselves from, well, ourselves in order to change your approach to life. But I think the fact that it keeps coming up over and over in my life is no accident.
I am "fed" for a purpose, and it's time to become impassioned by that.
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