What shall I talk about today?  My brain is completely empty of ideas.  So, I sit here typing random words, watching the letters push the cursor across the blank page, hoping that inspiration comes. Funny how I long so much to write, yet struggle terribly with coming up with subject matter.  And the letters continue to push the cursor, and the brain continues to be blank.  I think about my every day, and how little time I have for just sitting here doing this.  Probably busy-ness is the culprit for my lack of creativity; I’m sure there’s a legitimate reason – I simply don’t have time to sit down and be creative unless I take the time.  Even now, I’m thinking of all the things that I should be up doing instead.  The things of life that are necessary for the every days to continue uninterrupted:  Laundry, dishwashing, cleaning…..the mundane tasks of living that get in the way of the things we’d rather be doing. 

I wonder how much of our lives are spent that way?  I wonder if God intends us to live in the mundane of the every days? I really think the answer to both of those questions is no. Oh, I know that God understands that every days are vital in our lives – we work, we do our chores, we go to school, we eat and sleep and do it all again tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.  I don’t think He is troubled by that.  But I do think He has more for us.  I think His Design for us is much more that we can imagine. 

It’s funny.  The two paragraphs above were started a week ago, early one morning. Then, as usual, I had to start my day, and never returned to finish my thoughts. Over the weekend, we had a guest speaker at church, and she answered my questions above.  She said, “You’ve got to learn to stand in the Glory, experience the Glory, yet still function in the earth.  Every day should be a supernatural occurrence.” ~Ruth Mangiacapre

Then she shared from Ephesians 5:15-20 which says, “So be careful how you live.  Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.  Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.  Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.  Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts.  And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (NLT)

It isn’t easy.  We are, after all, bound by time; it’s just one of the complications of life this side of eternity. But it’s possible.  It’s even practical.  Think about it with me.  With man it’s not possible, but with God nothing is impossible, right (Matthew 19:26)?  In Him, we live and move and have our being, correct (Acts 17:28)?  We know these Scriptures.  They are as familiar to us as is John 3:16.  Have we truly considered them, though, as our means for living out our daily lives? Try to follow me here: If nothing is impossible with God, shouldn’t everything we do be “with God”?  If we live and move and have our being “in Him” – are we ever apart from Him?  Of course not.  So, if we are at all times “in Him”, then it follows that everything we do is “with God”. Do you see how those two Scriptures intertwine with each other, and with our daily lives?  Now, I know I’m no Bible scholar, and I’m probably grossly over-simplifying two very deep and meaningful Scriptures. I’ve often heard it said that the Word of God is like an onion, and you peel back layer after layer after layer as you delve deeper into each Scripture’s meaning….so bear with me while we look at the outer layers. You okay with simple?  Good.  Me, too.  I like simple.  It fits me.  J

I know. I KNOW.  Easier said than done.  You’re so not telling me anything I don’t already know. Let me tell you, though.  I know people.  People who live each day of their lives in just this way.  Full of the Spirit of God, walking in Kingdom Authority, accomplishing amazing things for God – and live out their every days getting done all the things that life demands of them.  Actually, now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure that a few of them are like Dash from The Incredibles, able to move at speeds that aren’t visible to the naked eye. 

Oh sure, as with anything, there’s a learning curve to this lifestyle.  It’s a shift in our thinking, a setting in place a list of priorities, perhaps scheduling out our days or weeks. How we accomplish it will look different for each one of us, simply because our every days are so radically different.  How easy it would be if there were a formula to it.  We don’t serve a formulaic God, however, so life in His Service won’t be spelled out that way.  “After all, He’s not a tame Lion…but He is good.” I think that is pretty much the crux of the matter.  He is good.  He desires more for our lives. He desires that we accomplish great things for Him as well as accomplish the duties of our every days.  Now, lest you worry that a “great thing for God” only consists of a trip to Myanmar to feed orphans or something, keep in mind that God tells us that, “WHATEVER you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord rather than for people (Col. 3:23).” And “I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it for Me (Matt. 25:40).”  Something else our guest speaker said this weekend, “We deal with our lives as days, but God deals in them as seasons.”  No matter what season you happen to be in today, there is a purpose for it, and God still desires you to do great things for Him.  Whether it is cleaning a tiny little bottom & wiping a runny nose before it drips down into a snaggle-toothed smile, or laying hands on the sick & watching them recover – the season you are in is God’s Design for your every days right now.  They won’t always look this way; seasons change, and the tasks that we are called to do each day change with them. Treasure your season. Live and move and BE in Him, because there is nothing impossible as long as you are with Him. You ARE accomplishing great things – even the tiny things are great when they’re done for Him and with Him.

Authors Note: Yes.  Sometimes my Blahg meanders along with my mind, and what began as one topic may swing into something different before I’m finished with it.  My fingers follow my mind, just as the letters follow the cursor….or do the letters push the cursor?  Either way, when you read my Blahg, read it as a conversation – we’re just talking, you & I.  Just as a conversation flows from topic to topic, bending, twisting, turning and returning, so you’ll find that my Blahg often does the same, and I write exactly as if I were just talking to you.  I hope it’s not all too confusing.