I just racked up a couple thousand miles going to Chicago last weekend, will be home in Detroit for Christmas, and plan on seeing Seattle over spring break. I feel fortunate that I can travel, that penny pinching is working in my favor, and that there are several friends and family members I long to visit!
On my trip to Chicago last weekend I had a few thoughts that I was working through. All I can say is that one should never underestimate the power of making a brainstorm web. A trick we learn to group ideas in elementary school is a very useful tool when it comes to organizing the path of your future.
One of the main things I learned is how much pumpkin guts I've got. God is really doing some crazy work with me, some risky moves, and he is just carving and scooping out so much gunk. Just when I feel like he is really scraping the flesh of the pumpkin, he digs a little deeper, cuts a little closer, and scoops a little more.
Continually I'm hearing, "Do not hesitate, Do not falter" - Over and over I am realizing the importance of my position in Christ and the effect I do have on those around me. I need a fresh perspective - I need to not be weighed down by the pumpkin guts.
Today, after I got home all I was craving was an afternoon of comfort and relaxation - but my body and my mind will not shut off. It was as if all the empty space that I feel like God is scooping out needs to be filled with more, replaced with my thoughts and my beliefs.
When really, I'm thinking God is saying - crave me, travel to me, choose me, listen to me, study me, read me, live for me. Well God, keep scooping - I sure hope the baked pumpkin seeds from my pumpkin guts are something worth eating.
No passport, paycheck, or airline mileage is going to reach my destination on this journey. The only transportation to giving it all to God, is...well...giving it all to God :)
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