Life's a Journey...

It's said that life is a journey, not a destination. Well, for me the journey is just beginning.




I've had the opportunity in the recent past to work as a Collegiate Minister with Revolution Ministries at THE Colorado College in Colorado Springs and I loved it. Recently, I've stepped into a completely different role, a completely different world, and in so many ways at times I feel pretty lost. This journey is being recorded in the hopes that by documenting the path I can help someone through their personal excursion of discovery; I want to remember the divets and the canyons, the easier walks and the down-hill slides, everything that I feel and discover along the way. I'm inviting you to come along with me as I walk this path and through my experiences I really hope that you can grow and empathize with my joy and with my pain. Mostly, I hope that through this you can see my need for complete surrender to Jesus Christ and the joy that comes from truly following the one who paved the path we all walk on. Here we go...







Thursday, November 14, 2013

Seize the Day



Snow's predicted for tomorrow morning here in the San Luis Valley and the only concern I have is. "Where did September and October go?"  Literally, they just vanished...I've looked everywhere.  I can't even find a remnant!  Now I've found the results of the elusive fall wrapped up in pink and sleeping a little more each night (although two hour stretches of oblivious slumber are not quite enough at this point, if you can imagine).  The fact is that time is fleeting and we are all losing days rather quickly

So as we swiftly move into the Holiday season, I want to encourage you to know where the days are going.  I want us all to follow the advice of Jesus as He spoke about the importance of today:  "Jesus said, 'No procrastination.  No backwards looks.  You can't put God's Kingdom off til tomorrow.  Seize the day" (Luke 9:62, The Message). Seizing the day isn't about making the most of everyday for our own gratification...for our own self-serving, existential well-being...seizing the day is about purpose.  It's about remembering why we exist and who we live to please; it's remembering what the goals of this life should come back to and that is ultimately "Loving Jesus and Loving People".  Seizing the day is about perspective and the intentionality that accompanies purpose; seizing the day is about "big-picture" thinking...realizing the power of small moments leading to big moments and even bigger opportunities.  It's understanding our place in light of God's reality and the mission that He's been on to redeem a world and make all things right for His glory.

So as things get even busier in the next few weeks, I want us all to stop and take a breath.  And as we exhale, to whisper a prayer of solemn commitment to enjoy the moment...to realize the beauty of this fragment of time in the history of the world.  For me, I'm going to kiss the head of one of my four girls...I'm going to let a hug linger for just one second longer.  As I do, I'm going to thank God for right now and realize that as I "seize the day" I am seizing an opportunity to love someone more deeply, to more properly focus on the "big-picture", and to continue forward in the pursuit of a purpose greater than my own.  I'll acknowledge the vastness of God in the day to day events of my small life and commit myself to love Jesus, and love people, more each quickly passing day of my life.  Will you join with me?  Will you "seize the day"?


 
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