We all live through the cycles, the ebb and flow of our spiritual passions. We long and crave for meaning and substance but he truth of the matter is that we are a people that get distracted, too distracted. Life is heavy, and unrelenting in it’s day to day weight. I think it is the day to day that indeed does muddy the water and indeed puts us in our place a place of turbulence. We find no peace in the hectic driving pace of the day to day.
Life is like a river, and in it’s shallows you find the turbulence and the struggle of water crashing into rock. When my life is in the shallows is also when it seems to crash into the rest of the obstacles set before it. Yet in the deep there is room to move, even if you hit you can swirl around and have space to recover.
Our faith grows in the deep, it has room to move and swirl in the space. On the other hand faith is strengthened in the shallows the testing of what is true and what stays together. So the turbulence though in our weakness distracting is the source for affirmation; the furnace of life. Truth be told we need both one let’s us know of possibility the other let’s us know it’s real. Our problem is- we miss the point and settle for being distracted!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Shallows and Deep
Posted by Rick Mazaira at 4:27 PM
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Mmmm... I love the "We need both" part. Because sometimes we do just SEE the possibility of growth; but how do we know our own has become a reality? Like you said--by banging up against a few rocks, spending some time in the shallows where the "mundane" could indeed frustrate us. It makes me wonder though... What are the "distractions" that we so often get caught up in and frustrated with...and what are simply actual, real life, day to day things, which God can so beautifully interweave with what is to be used for His glory? Is the mundane really so despised by warriors and messengers for Christ--that we would see it as a time when "Our faith is being tested...We have to 'stay the course' right now. Don't get distracted, don't let up!"? Or in our restlessness to make a significant difference, do we miss out on opportunities to grow (yes even where there is not much room for it...)? I am reminded of the Psalmist's recognition that "Even there" His hand will guide us. Because we constantly have a moral muscle to exercise (if you will) that is constantly affecting our character and soul. So maybe in our labor and toil under the sun, daily "distractions" are not always what they seem. Maybe they should not be written off as merely things to get through.
Just some thoughts...
Anyway, that was quite the tangent, and maybe not exactly what you were writing about... But, Ricardo, this is awesome that you're doing this! I'm always a fan of wrestling through ideas in the form of the written word. Keep me posted huh?
Talk to you soon,
Jenna-Loo
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