Coming Alive
I know several people who have told me the time they spent on a mission trip (to Honduras, Manila, Hong Kong, Mexico, etc) was the time that they have felt the closest to God and His will for their life. I'd have to say that's true for myself as well. I have a small theory about it. I think it has less to do with where I am or what I'm doing and a lot to do with where my attention is. In my everyday life I'm just doing my thing. Wake up...brush teeth...eat...work...eat...X files...eat...sleep. I'm expecting the ordinary. However, on a trip everything is extraordinary. It's so much easier to turn my attenting to God. After all, He is the reason I go. I bet that if I lived my normal everyday life with the attention to God and people that I have on a mission trip, things would be very different. Experiment: try this tomorrow.
posted by Tim Oas @ 10:27 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for your writing. it has really gotten me thinking. Hey, I even referred to it tonight. Very challenging to live your life this way. I am not sure how given the demads of everyday life.
yeah, my good intentions did not go as far as I hoped this week. it sure is a grand idea. just the everyday hashing it out is hard. but we should still strive for it.
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