What's wrong with today?

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM | Posted by teo
I get so inspired by people's stories of drastic change; stories of coming out of something unforeseen, perhaps an accident or illness, in a way that defies the expected. It gives a glimpse of what it feels like to live free, start over, and have a new perspective.

But what's wrong with today? Why do we demand an intense awakening that somehow proves that we're meant for something important before we re-evaluate what we're up to? Circumstance is circumstance, and depending on an unlikely one to guide life's orientation is a risk that seems a bit irresponsible.

We judge a great deal based on the past; on what we've experienced. Oddly, we forget what awaits us; we don't pay much mind to the inevitability of running out of days to breathe. Is that universal fact not just as worthy to be an instrument for change as rarely experienced circumstance? It is an important priority-driving urgency that's forgotten in the pace of all the busy and finding it is up to us, not chance.

"And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you." Luke 12:29-31

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Mmmmm...

Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:33 PM | Posted by teo
It's so nice to be full of food; to be content, comfortable, and falling into a caloric coma. It's hunger that gives purpose to eating, and it's hunger that makes the first tasty bite so much better than the last could ever be. Everyone gets hungry, everyone eats. Not everyone gets full. It's easy to complain about food; about how it wasn't good enough because it didn't provide what was sought. No one complains about being hungry in the same way; it's not something that's determined by one's taste, it's just as inevitable as we all know it to be.

We're hungry for all sorts of things, and for some reason we often assume that all of the other hungers follow the same rules as the one dealing with eating. Well they don't. Every time mediocrity sneaks its way into what bothers us, there's a realization that we're not satisfied. What would change if instead of wondering why the food isn't filling, we wondered whether that particular hunger is worth satisfying? So much of what we're after is but a shadow of something greater; something at our core that gets at questions of purpose and meaning.

Maybe when we get what we don't want and don't get what we want to need, we've forgotten that we can choose our hunger. How wonderful to be starving for something every morning that can be found without limit and whose steady supply comes at no cost to us! That's the tasty stuff.

All this talk of food creates in me a need for pizza, and this is a hunger I'd like to chase down. Must go.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." Matthew 5:6

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Ready, Set...Go

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM | Posted by teo
How nice to have an outlet for expression, but how oddly difficult to get past the inertia that somehow builds up. I've been of the mind that the supply of blogs outweighs the demand for them, but the appeal of an accountability for expression has won me over whether the audience be imaginary or real. I won't promise entertainment or even any real benefit from the posts to follow, but what they'll be made of is the attempt to get a bit lost in what I think we've all got a bit of inside; I think truth dances around behind our floating words on the fixed pages that many leave blank, so it's my plan to fill those pages a little.

Grasping truth is great; change isn't included in its hobbies and it lets you build foundations around its roots. Hopefully truth will really dig the tunes and get down on this dance floor. My worldview is one based on the Bible, so that's the road from which is see the scenery; this being the case, I imagine posts will have a lot to do with stirring up those who call themselves followers of Christ. If you're moved to get in on the action, leave comments and let's boogie, dancing's good for the soul.

-teo

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