so i had a blast tonight hanging with some truly enjoyable friends. then i got in my car for the 3o minute ride home to see that i missed a call from one of my best friends. i was eager to talk to him. talking to friends is like your favorite pair of slippers. you just can't beat them. they will never get thrown away. anyways, as we were talking, i realized a lot. we talked about all the normal stuff: life, love, the pursuit of God, the pursuit of girls. And then we talked about the going ons of life. the constant tension of living and knowing what the heck you are doing. i sat there to think about how funny it was to feel that i was sitting on the back porch just drinking some chai or something talking to my friend. then it hit me as we were talking.
a flash of brilliance. a moment of clarity. we had talked about always being disappointed about what wasn't happening in our lives, such as reaching our God-given purpose. and then i realized you neglect to look at the awesome things in the now, when you are looking too far ahead. we talked about how there are these little crazy things in life that are so awesome, such as God bringing the sun up so we don't freeze to death, or that things are so much better than we could have imagined.
it is funny cause the things that we imagine or desire, are often not the points that God wants us to address. it is like we ask for direction, he discusses the weather. or maybe i am trying to find the path for tomorrow and he is harping what i learned last week. if we don't recognize those things we might miss out on the life we should be living. so think short, live deep, and obey God.
It's crazy the kinds of things that come out of a phone conversation.
peaks out.
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