Here I Am…Where Are You?
Every now and again, I feel restless, like something really big is just about to happen. OK, I guess I’m always a bit restless…but I don’t always feel like something really big is about to happen.
To borrow the words of Erwin McManus, who most likely borrowed them from someone before him, I am a futurist. I love thinking about the future and wondering about it. Dreaming.
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Early last summer (2007) I went out to lunch with my good friend, Ted. We work near each other and met at Potbelly’s for a sandwich. As it often does, our conversation turned to what God was doing in our lives. I remember this conversation like it was yesterday. I told him that I was fairly certain that Lana and I were on the verge of something really big and that God was preparing us for it. “What do you think it is?” Ted asked. I had no idea and told him so.
Literally a few days later, we were told that Carmen probably had Tay Sachs, a rare and fatal disease.
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Sometimes I get so caught up in the future that I forget about today. That can be a problem. As McManus says, that’s just dreaming and dreaming alone accomplishes nothing (my own distorted interpretation).
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I am there again. Restless and perhaps on the verge of something big. Only this time, it seems as though it’s still a little bit off in the distance. Lana really doesn’t like it when I am there because it can seem as though I am bordering on depression. Perhaps I am. Depressed because whatever it is, it’s there and not here. I think most people call this discontentment. Perhaps it is.
To be sure, I recognize fully that we are already in the midst of something huge. But I can’t help but believe that we are again on the verge of something big. Something big…and something different. Once again, I do not know what it is. But I am preparing. Today. Here is what I am doing:
- Praying like crazy
- Narrowing the focus of what I do each day/week
- Eliminating distractions
- Seeking input from Lana and a few others
What do you do when you feel like God might be whispering in your ear?
Wow!!! I am so much like that! I often get a “feeling” like something is going to happen, and then “something” fairly big does. I often get a little depressed though, worrying if it wil be a negative event. I turn to God and pray, pray, pray for peace!!! My 11 year old daughter, Lori Teh, just started her last year of elementary school, 6th grade. She’s been telling me that Jesus is coming back before 6th grade is over. Now, we are devout Christians, but we don’t actually talk about the second coming much at all, and we don’t focus on it a whole lot in our Sunday School. Maybe there’s something to “from the mouths of babes”. I’m certainly ready for IT!!!
God Bless All of YOU!
Sandi
http://www.jerryandsandirectenwald.com
I pray, I wait, then I act, good or bad, right or wrong, and then I let God take it from there.
Hi! Daave-you can be reassured that I am praying for you,Lana and the children. It’s hard to believe that you are going through so much, but you & Lana are doing far above what many of us could do. The most important thing to remember & be thankful for is that God is in control-Love, Grandma
argue with Him…fighting to listen……
Gosh – I’m so new to all of this. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt like God was whispering to me. Or maybe, before now, I wasn’t ready to hear Him…?
Your message is turning my focus to where it should be from where it has been stuck. Futurist…Looking Ahead…. Taking the mufflers off my ears and the blinders off my eyes to know the presence and whispers of God. Now to breathe and take the steps. In the Name of Jesus, Betty.
I’m a bit late with this comment – hope you see it.
Don’t be in a hurry for the future – - I have been there and I can tell you, from my point in life – as a person who spent a huge amount of my life living for the future – the present quickly becomes the past and then it is gone. Don’t let it slip by. Make every moment count. Live in the now and the future will take care of itself – - and I do believe that is Biblical – I just can’t think of the verse off the top of my head.
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