The answer to my last post is…
D.
I have felt myself slipping into just an okay place with God, and I don't want that. I want to remain in Him, abide in Him, and just find my life in Him. I don’t want to just get along in a state of pretty goodness. I want to live in that sweet spot. I know what I have to do; I just have to do it.
Okay, the other day I am driving across the Napier bridge and who do I see on the sidewalk facing me? My friend named John (see my post from April 18, “The Homeless Guy”). John was skipping along on the sidewalk like a little child, a look of pure joy on his face. His smile seemed to be for Jesus alone. I think he was oblivious to the people speeding by with their heads full of serious, stressed issues. He held in his hands two bags; probably bottles or cans, and skipped like a child in kindergarten. What struck me was the contrast between his obvious joy and my lack of it. I am not depressed or miserable or anything like that. It just took John to jolt me out of my mediocre mood and realize that God has something better for me.
“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:?
I know that the intense joy that God has for us comes as a result of our efforts to remain in Him. That is where I desire to live with God!
Okay, I have to tell you that my posts will be scarce for a while. I am heading into the camp season. I will be gone for weeks at a time. My opportunities for writing will be severely limited and I won’t always have access to post something, even if I did have time to write. So if you don't hear from me much, don't worry, it doesn't mean I’ve turned my back on this journey.
In a few days I’ll be at Warner Camp with our middle school kids for JH2. I joyously anticipate it! I intend to enter into the week like my friend John, skipping and smiling!
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Wed, June 17, 2009
by Chris Spitters