Sunday, October 25, 2015

Majestic or Magic?

Hello Friend!

How is your week going?  Still standing?

After neglecting my email for a couple of weeks, I am sitting down to organize hundreds of notes that have piled up since I last sorted and filed.  It’s taken about 15 years, but I am finally becoming overwhelmed by this form of correspondence.  Email is such a mixed blessing.  Consequently, I’m on a quest to figure out what to do with all the digital dithering I create. 

Don’t tell me to create folders either! It doesn’t solve anything.  Because then I need to go through the folders in order to determine what is relevant, which puts me back in the same place. When you have folders, you merely provide headings for your incompetency sessions.  Is the student list from my daughter’s algebra class 3 years ago important?  What about the letter I got from my friend when she was in Europe?  Will she ever want to remember that she had to leave the table at her second cousins wedding to vomit in a potted plant after she drank aquavit for the first time?  How on earth does one solve such problems?

(Ok, clearly the letter about aquavit is a keeper.  No question. I will need to have her for dinner soon and bring that one out: transfer friend’s letter to “things to do soon” folder.)

I’ve tried denial and avoidance, but neither is working and I’m becoming desperate.  I’ve also been praying for the rapture, some might call that misdirected but I took that up in order to survive this next election cycle. 

It reminds me a bit of my daughter’s friend, who after saying grace at lunchtime, closed with “in Jesus’ magical name. Amen.”  Such a mix up caused shrieks of delighted laughter around the table.  “Majestic!!” The sweet teen corrected herself, “majestic, not magical, wow!  That’s bad.”

Ever been there friend?  Ever been tempted to ask God to wave a magic wand over your life?

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7

When procrastination finally gets around to catching up with me, I am tempted to ask Jesus for magical solutions.  I’m not interested in asking for wisdom, I want answers to float down from the heavens.  I’m not interested in glorifying God, only making my life easier.  I’m not interested in talking with the Lord, I’d rather tell Him what I want him to do.

Can I encourage you this week friend, to spend some time in prayer?  As we head into fall, have an old fashioned prayer meeting and bring before the Lord some of those issues that sit in the corner of your mind.  Pray with your spouse, even if it’s weird.  Phone a friend and place a prayer request.  Better yet, ask someone face to face for prayer and then stand there awkwardly.  Expectantly….  If they say, “Now?” Say, “Heck yes!”  Complete the whole uncomfortable experience by grabbing their hands and closing your eyes.  Maybe you could start humming Kumbaya My Lord.   

(Ok, that one might be too far, but I would LOVE IT if you pulled that off.  It is my favourite song.)  

I have seen God do amazing things when I step out in faith and embarrass myself. 

Be safe this Halloween week.  Wear bright clothing.  Harvest sugar products from your pagan friends – or not – get out in your community and make a difference. 

I’m praying for you,



xoxKaren  


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