December 05, 2005
"Hey! Wake up in there!"

So, I was in my favorite chat room when someone said that I had caused him to feel a need to become even more active in his ministry. All because I told him some stories about when I was growing up in Arkansas during desegregation.

Now I'm glad for him that he is excited about some social justice issues and is acting on it. That is great! It is just ironic that even as I've motivated someone to greater activity (albeit inadvertantly), I continue to have trouble motivating myself to find productive (and remunerative) work. So I check one of my favorite blogs and find a link to this. It isn't the title ("Miserable Failure") that bothered me, but the message of the post which is a call to action for left-leaning religious people. So I turn on the TV and AMC is showing Field of Dreams, a story of people doing things they are "supposed" to do, even though they don't understand it.

This all felt like I was being slapped silly with a message that I should be doing something, but I'm not sure what I should be doing, and not sure what I want to be doing. As I've read Spong in recent years I've come to be more skeptical of a God who routinely actively intervenes in everyday life, but it certainly felt like I was being pushed. I'm just not sure towards what?

Posted by JoKeR at December 05, 2005 11:22 PM | TrackBack
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JoKeR you are the Man!

(Everyone needs someone to tell them that every now and again)

Here's more free advice: If you get busy, the Lord will reveal more of what He wants you to do. You have to grow into it. If it wasn't for that, everyone whould be too scared and overwhelmed to get started!

peace,

Posted by: brotherterry on December 6, 2005 02:01 PM
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