These stray dogs are all over the place in Vina and Valpo. They've got a lot of precedence here and although it's really sad to see them malnourished, beaten up, and sleeping in the streets everywhere, I've grown quickly to enjoy watching um...they do some funny stuff. Sometimes they randomly go crazy and a few of them will just start chasing a car and barking, but the ones, like this one, on the beach are my favorite. They just run up and down the beach all of the time, chasing the seagulls, and it looks like they are having a blast...maybe I'll jump in there one day.
So, if you know me, or have talked to me at all since I've been away, you know that I've thought a lot about the why? and the what? There's been all sorts of directions to take, things to do, places to be, things to see, and also, things not to do, see, or take...but recently there has been a lot of comfort in life and where I am. I am still praying often (and I think you should to, have you not yet found it) for what God has for my life, my vocation, but right now, I am eased. A verse I was shown today helps a lot with these ideas, but also is just reassuring and I like it - Isaiah 30:21 - ..."This is the way, walk in it." You're on the road, so don't just stand there, walk...or run.
It brings me back to one of the shortest, yet most powerful words in the world - Go.
So, my friend, GO! What honestly are you waiting for? What am I waiting for? Sure, you can make an excuse for everything...and no matter how valid that excuse might be, at the end, it is still an excuse. So let's not make excuses...What if Mary tried to make an excuse, "Well, sorry God, I'm just to young, I'll be mocked, what about Joseph?" Pretty valid excuses for her maybe, but...she did the exact opposite when Gabriel came to her as a teenager and said she would bear a child. Her response, "Ok, how's it going to work?" Well, the angel told her and once again, no excuses. Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." (Luke 1:26-38)
Have faith like Mary... Go!
Thanks girls, for suggesting I post tonight, your brown-eyed teacher is gorgeous huh!?
Made me think of something I read by Oswald Chambers:
ReplyDelete"Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is. Do you believe in a miracle-working God, and will you go out in surrender to Him until you are not surprised an atom at anything He does? Suppose God is the God you know Him to be when you are nearest to Him--what an impertinence worry is! Let the attitude of the life be a continual going out in dependence upon God, and your life will have an ineffable charm about it, which is a satisfaction to Jesus. You have to learn to go out of convictions, out of creeds, out of experiences, until so far as your faith is concerned, there is nothing between yourself and God."
Keep the insight coming.