So I'm on my four hour trip back to school after spending a wonderful weekend with my wife and puppies (And my parents and my in-laws, but I wasn't going to give you a crazy list here). I wouldn't say that it was restful though. I was thinking about all the work I had to get done for class: read a 400 page book, write case briefs, and study for an exam. I didn't get anything done over the weekend. So of course instead of getting to work, I worried.
Isn't that the way it typically works. Instead of pulling up my big boy pants and gettin' to work, I worry about about and stew over all the things I need to accomplish. It is a cycle that wastes more time, so I have less that I can accomplish overall. When I got back to school I put unpacked my bags and took out my homework. I just sat there. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't in the fetal position or anything but I just was stuck. I didn't know what to do, where to start, or what should be done first.
Isn't that the way it typically works. Instead of pulling up my big boy pants and gettin' to work, I worry about about and stew over all the things I need to accomplish. It is a cycle that wastes more time, so I have less that I can accomplish overall. When I got back to school I put unpacked my bags and took out my homework. I just sat there. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't in the fetal position or anything but I just was stuck. I didn't know what to do, where to start, or what should be done first.
As I sat at my desk virtually without purpose, I thought of the world around me. I thought back to something that happened on my way back to school. It was super windy day, which made for a fun trip. I know it is hard to imagine that it was windy in South Dakota...that was a joke. Nevertheless, there was a seagull that caught my attention. Seagulls are pretty common, in fact there are tons of different gulls. I remember seeing it but I didn't know why I had its flying image ingrained in my mind. I sat there trying to shake the bird's image from my mind and focus on my work. It suddenly struck me. The bird was flying against the wind. I know you've seen a bird doing this. It's sad, I mean they flap their wings attempting to use every muscle in their body, most of the time without any luck. These animals are used to traveling easily through the air, but in the wind they get bogged down.
I have a good friend who loves tattoos. One of my favorite tattoos that they have is extremely simple. It just says don't give up. That's super easy right?...Wrong...I feel as if I am constantly in a state of flying against the wind. Another way I've heard it is to keep pushing the rock. Just keep going. Keep flying. Hope is involved but that isn't my point. My point is that this is part of worship. Keep going even though things are going against you. You can't seem to make any progress. Don't Give Up. God always prevails. Just keep pushin', just keep flying, and don't give up. God is good and is so deserving of our worship.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
I have a good friend who loves tattoos. One of my favorite tattoos that they have is extremely simple. It just says don't give up. That's super easy right?...Wrong...I feel as if I am constantly in a state of flying against the wind. Another way I've heard it is to keep pushing the rock. Just keep going. Keep flying. Hope is involved but that isn't my point. My point is that this is part of worship. Keep going even though things are going against you. You can't seem to make any progress. Don't Give Up. God always prevails. Just keep pushin', just keep flying, and don't give up. God is good and is so deserving of our worship.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
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