Following when it’s boring

I am a follower Mark 1:17

I am influenced by the author Kathleen Norris, she writes about finding faith in the mundane.

She says, “We want life to have meaning, we want fulfillment, healing and even ecstasy, but the human paradox is that we find these things by starting where we are. We must look for blessings to come from unlikely everyday places.”

Do I find God in the everyday ordinary stuff of life? Sometimes I do, but generally I see the ordinary, as tasks to be ticked off in order to get to the important stuff. Things like doing laundry and washing dishes need to be dealt with so that I can get with life.

Yet Kathleen suggesting that God is present in routine, or at least should be.

How is that? How about this: the boring stuff frees our mind to wander into God’s playground.

Big Bang Christianity would have us believe that the bigger the bang the bigger God’s presence. Not so, whether I rake the lawn or preach a profound message, each offers opportunity to engage God in a meaningful conversation, each are tasks he has given me to do. Who am I to rate in importance what God as put before me?

Something to bend our beliefs:

GOD spoke to Moses: 2 “See what I’ve done; I’ve personally chosen Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah. 3 I’ve filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him skill and know-how and expertise in every kind of craft 4 to create designs and work in gold, silver, and bronze; 5 to cut and set gemstones; to carve wood — he’s an all-around craftsman. (Exodus 31:1–5 The Message)

The Bible records Bezalel as the first person filled with the Spirit — to carve stones.

Bezalel got it, my wife Cheryl who loves to putter, paint and love each moment gets it, and I hope I get it. You?

Darrell