Musings and Marvelings on my Jesus Journey

  Brokenness  Part 1 It made me sad.   I had three lovely long stem carnations that I was taking to my mom. She would like them; a touch of Spring to brighten their home! I had them in a vase (without water) on the floor of the car. I had planned to be intentional about keeping an eye on them when I turned a corner. But I got distracted, turned a corner and sure enough the vase fell over and the pretty dark pink one became broken. I carefully picked it up and held the vase with the flowers in them the rest of the way to my destination. All the while I was sad; repentant as I wished I had been more intentional, more careful. It made me think about life and how easy it is to become broken. It takes more then intentionality and carefulness to prevent it. We can not do it on our own. In this crazy journey of life it is bound to happen in one form or another, as we allow distractions and our sin nature to keep us from the intentionality of serving Him with our whole heart...

  I am musing about.... Catapults We were able recently to visit the very popular and amazing USS Midway Museum off the coast of San Diego. The history that is part of that huge, complex floating airport/village is astounding.  I have been struck in the past at the obvious talent of those pilots who had the capability to lift off of a floating airway. Such a short distance before soaring into the blue sky. What I didn't realize (although most of you probably do) is that the pilots actually had nothing to do with the actual lift off  itself. Oh, they were involved in the preliminary settings as they hooked up the aircraft to the propelling apparatus. And they had a role once the plane is airborne (to rely on the control tower). But the actual lift off....depends on a catapult. And so it is with our Spiritual life. It is up to us to say "yes Lord", to hook up to and engage in a relationship with Jesus. For He is there, ready and waiting to take us and to use us; to send us ...