Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

Sounds like an AM channel on the radio (for those of you who remember what the AM side of a radio is). There is always more hype, people are louder. There are more talk radio people on the AM side. FM voices are lower, slower and more sophisitcated (though not all).  The thing is that the AM side can be more authentic. It's not as posed. It's real.  That's what I wanted to communicate with my open idea. I thought Sunday was like that. It was real. It was authentic.

I started with an idea; a plan of what was going to happen and then we got to the end and the whole meeting seemed to want to go in another direction. People were sensing something was happening. Something was going on in the room and you just didn't want to leave that moment. It was special. It was holy. It was transforming.

The moments I remember most in my life are like that. There's something unforgettable that marks me.  I think there's something in that for me; something that I'm trying to learn. I can have a life plan and think I have it all figured out, but when I allow God to "interrupt" me; when I allow God to direct me something special happens that I could never have come up with on my own. Something life transforming happens even in the ordinary moments of any given day. I think I know why. I think it's because there's more of God and less of me. God has a larger stake in in it and when God is in something I don't know how it can be anything, but special.

Making room for God to direct our paths can make each moment special. Making room for God opens the door to something that allows us to see life the way it was supposed to be.  God infused, God directed, God empowered, God purposed. That's what I want for me. I want that, but that means I have to let God have control and I don't like that. I want to know what to expect and how God is going to do whatever He wants to do, but if I'm going to let Him lead I have to let go and look for Him to tell what is going to happen next.  And because I want what I find in those special moments I'm more willing to make the switch from me leading to God leading. Maybe you are, too.

Taking the next step with you,

David