Conclusions

I awoke this morning to a tweet by Peter Rollins that said, “A conclusion is the place you reach when you get tired of thinking”…

What a way to start the morning!  When we are tired of swimming in the unknown, wallowing in the pain, moving through the chaos, we find a way to “solve” the problem.

We are in a quick fix society.  Everybody has an answer to the issue and it is a quick fix scheme.  I mean any one who has been up late knows how many get rich quick schemes there are, and Dave Ramsey will tell you that none of them work.  We are looking for the quick answer, the quick solution.  I mean we have Easy Macaroni and Cheese, and Easy Microwave hot dogs.  How hard is it to make Mac and Cheese, or a hot dog?  And if you want you kids to have these as snacks when you get home, then cook them the night before and have them heat them up.  Why does everything have to be so convenient that I do not have to give any of my time…

We want what we want and we want it now!  God has called us though to live in the chaos.  God has called us to walk in life and to live for him.  Not to have it easy, or to have all the solutions right when the problem hits.  Sometimes the right solution only comes when we have swam in the unknown, wallowed in the pain, walked in chaos…  God is there with us, swimming, wallowing, walking, and guiding us along the path that is before us.

It is time for us to step out of the quick fix and live with God in the here and now and tell people about his calling and his love.  So throw away the box and swim, wallow, and walk with your creator!