Trying to find Rhythm
Well I’m back on my feet again after spraining my ankle last weekend. Not that I ever really stopped, (its funny the number of people who said, “See, the Lord is using this to slow you down.”) I too took it as a slow down, but to be honest, it didn’t really have that effect, oh, I took the odd afternoon nap with my swollen foot up in ice, but I was actually plesently pleased at how quickly I was back on my feet again. I was even able to do a short run this morning, which is what I was lamenting the most with this ankle injury.
You see, one of the things I wanted to accomplish on my sabbatical is to find a new rhythm in life. I do tend to run a bit on the busy side. My ADD loves it, but it does take a toll on my mind and my spiritual life: I think it affects my family as well. That is why, I want to find and settle into a new rhythm over these three months, where I make studying the Word of God, my family and my own health a priority, rather than something I just fit in when I can.
I was visiting a young man in jail last week. He has settled into a new rhythm over the past 18 months as he has found a new life in Christ. I have met few people who take the word of God, prayer and witness as seriously as he does. Yet, he expressed a great sense of loss to me last week in that he didn’t “feel like he did in the beginning” and was finding it harder to take that time to be with the Lord each day. I said, “Welcome to the journey.” This is a guy who has a strong rhythm and a STRONG love for the Lord for what the LORD has done for him! He KNOWS forgiveness, he KNOWS compassion and he is filled with the Holy Spirit as he literally is given the supernatual strength to turn the other cheek with the reason, because “my Saviour did it for me”. I will ask him for permission to tell his story at another time.
So here I am, back on my feet again, trying to find a new rhythm and for me, I feel at my best when I start the day with a run, take a short walk to cool down where I pray and then settle into the WORD for a little while before the kids get up and the rest of life begins to take over. But the rythm of this morning allready has me feeling a bit more intentional about the day.
Sabbatical Day 8
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