Slacksurfer

For us, so far 2012 has been a year of radical changes.

Already we’ve been blessed with news of  a new addition to our family, a new locale, an upcoming change in career, a new church home…

For a guy who’s supposedly quitting his job, I feel awfully busy.

For the first time in ages I feel the stirrings of hope in my life. God has already blessed us so completely with a loving family, it almost seems too much to believe that it He’s actually going to make it even better.

Our God is an awesome God!

I’m really looking forward to having this summer to spend so much time with my family.  This will be the last summer before Leila starts school and her last summer as an only child. Getting to hang at the beach and play in the pool on an almost daily basis together is going to be a time I will cherish for the rest of my life.

The hard part for me is waiting patiently for the changes to come.  I’m always trying to live in the future and stir things up to produce the outcome that I’m hoping for.

Now that the change is right there on the horizon it’s time for me to go against my nature, slow down and live for the moment. I really feel that my Lord is trying to teach me this lesson.

Try wait…each day is an amazing gift that our Lord wants to unfold for us if we’ll only take the time to visit with Him, watch and listen.

I know this is obvious, but if you’re going to spend 6-8 hours of most every day doing something, wouldn’t it be great to do something worth your time?

Something that gives glory to God?

Something that your kids can look up to?

Something that makes the world a little better?

Something that helps, heals or enriches others?

Something that will be a source of satisfaction when you reach a ripe old age and look back on your time in this body?

Considering this might be worth my time?

Learning a difficult song takes tremendous focus and stamina.  I find it particularly hard to stay focused once I reach about the 75% mark.  At that point I usually know that I am physically capable of achieving my goal and the last 25% is where my mind really wanders.

I will find any distraction (such as writing a blog) to avoid finishing my work.

Yes, I’m at the 75% mark now and I have to go back to the tedium and grind out the last few days of work.  

Tonight is the night I am not going to let this lifetime habit beat me down.  This is the night that I face down whatever weird psychobabble horse$#!t hang-ups I have and finish what I’ve started. This is the night that I’m going to claim the talent that God has entrusted with me and become a musician.

This night and every night after.