a day away

Trying to do this while without a computer isn't easy!

One thing that I have been really inspired by recently is So You Think You Can Dance. The folks who put themselves on that show have given their lives to dancing and excelling at it.

If others could only put themselves into their gifting as much as these dancers do, I think that the world would be much less broken as it is now...if I could put as much effort into my gifting as they do, then I think I would be a much more effective person.

Effort. Effective. What a fortuitous concept. As much as there is truth to these words they can also become an enemy. So often in my
spiritual life and relationship with Christ I want and expect growth and progress. But is this what relationship is based on? Is this what relationship needs; a constant goal setting, performance based reality.

No. 'Goals' and 'performance' and 'effectiveness' are words used in a world that require results. These are not relational words. And so there is a place for them as we go about work that we are designed for but when we come to relationships we must change our posture. Now we must love in the face of imperfection and have patience in the presence of inefficiency. We must seek to integrate this relational model at as many opportunities as possible into the world in which we work and strive and achieve. Without this we have lost purpose altogether.