“Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.” Saint Augustine The water-based corollary is that a ship at dock can’t be steered. We’re meant to move. Physically, yes, but in this context we’re meant to be working on whatever we’re called to pursue: — a writer writes — an athlete chases higher levels of performance — a creative creates — a teacher learns then teaches — husbands and wives pursue each other — mothers and fathers actively care for what their children need most We need to walk our walks and steer our ships. What are you doing today to make that happen? In your life what’s been on pause for too long? How can you get it off of pause? [Image credit : Thanks to Ludomił Sawicki @ludo_savick for making this photo available freely on Unsplash]
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“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and [acacia] wood, Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the [high priest’s] ephod, and in the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary [tabernacle]; that I may dwell among them.” Exodus 25:1-8 The Great Jehovah, under the direction of His Father, created all things – the heavens above, the earth, and all things in and on the earth. In order for Him to dwell with Israel here on Earth, He asked the Israelites to create something back. A gift to the Lord. An habitation for His presence. Creation to express gratitude for THE Creation. And He asked it to be done with a willing heart. There wasn’t a tax or a levy. Individuals and…
“The problem with the self-made man is that he worships his creator. But eventually, we grow weary. Life is hard. Its propensity is to wear us down. It is hard being on the throne.” Jim Ramos It’s hard to be your own god. You weren’t made that way, and neither was I. We were made to worship the true and living God and to draw closer to Him through His only begotten Son, Jesus. Ending my time in the wilderness Last November, as my mom was approaching death, I wrote that My Mood Matches the Desert. From a personal standpoint, I have been through a season in the wilderness of about four years, and that article captured many of my feelings after spending two sacred days in a sacred room, watching the veil between this life and the next become less tangible. But that was only part of a culmination of a long season of life. One book in my library calls the process which my wife, Michelle, and I have been through Wintering. The author, Katherine May, wrote: “Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the…