Well you probably noticed that I blogged only once last week. It wasn't because I was too busy (though I had a very full week). I simply didn't feel like I had anything to say. O yes...I've got lots of resources and could have plugged something into this slot. I had some fresh new thoughts from the scripture that I could have shared. But I decided to resist the temptation to "fill the air" with more words when they very well might not have been His Words and at the right time. This is an attempt to eat what I've been serving up in this blog the past couple of weeks...trying to hear from Him what is most important and do it, even though some things may appear to be neglected or go undone (for a while)...a scenario that Jesus faced every day of his life.
Those of us in the ministry are famous for speaking when we should be quiet or when we know we really don't have something important to say. We act when we should wait, do when we should be still...and I could go on. I'm finding that I'm uncomfortable with silence and consequently speak when it is not necessary. Sometimes I talk because I think it's what is required of me in a situation as a minister. I find I can be uncomfortable when I don't have something to do; I can pace the floor, feel guilty about my "idleness" when it may indeed be exactly what my Father wants...quietness and stillness...with an eternal purpose.
I suspect you are hearing what I'm talking about and understanding because you have the same feelings in your own world where you live. I've made up my mind...I'm going to grapple with this search for simplicity and believe that He, Jesus, who lived simplicity so beautifully, will piece by piece, liberate me from the tyranny of the urgent, keep me at the center of what is essential and give me peace about what is left over. ...For He said, the things I do, YOU can do...because I go to my Father....
There's so much more...and I thought you'd want to know, I'm reaching for it.... Join me, won't you?
Blessings,
Mitch
