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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Abandon This is the hardest part for me. I'm reading Oswald Chambers the other day. It's not something I do all the time, because usually when I read him I come away feeling so convicted or twisted up about something that it takes me a while to get back to normal. Case in point. Here is what I read the other day: "Jesus summed up commonsense carefulness in the life of a disciple as unbelief. If we have received the Spirit of God, He will squeeze right through our lives, as if to ask, "Now where do I come into this relationship, this vacation you have planned, or these new books you want to read?" And He always presses the point until we learn to make Him our first consideration. Whenever we put other things first, there is confusion." "...do not worry about your life...." Chambers seems to take that phrase very seriously, as I suppose it should be taken. Though I think the person who does take that seriously is a rare breed. Everything we are taught, from our childhood to our last day, screams the opposite. We're all supposed to fill out living wills now, so that we don't end up in the same company as Terri. We're supposed to make sure we're contributing to our 401k's. If you have kids and don't have life insurance, you're a blasted fool. If you're still a student, you're supposed to study hard, not because studying and educating yourself makes you a better person, but because it gets you ready for college and/or your career that you're buying. So if you spend that evening talking to a friend instead of cramming for your test, it could ruin your life. No pressure. Get busy. Get constructive. Do something. TGIF. Spring fever. "Senioritis" (for those of you who are somehow part of the high school culture). I'm always waiting for something. I'm always working toward some goal or waiting for some milestone. I rarely live life in this moment. That puts a strain on my ability to be obedient. I feel that tugging... that constant poke the Spirit is giving me. "Where do I fit in here?" And the honest answer a lot of times is that I don't know, because I'm really busy trying to do all the crap that people tell me I'm supposed to do in order to be secure in my life. I rarely took notice of the parable of the sower, and what it is that chokes out the seed once it takes root. It isn't Satan, or some great sin. It's "the cares of the world." The everyday stuff. The mundane things. The things you don't notice because they slip under the radar. Paying the bills. Doing lesson plans. Establishing a college fund. Spending too much time on the phone with tech support. Maybe even blogging. Nah. I like blogging. Sometimes.
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Jimmy Doyle is a dad, husband,
teacher, friend, and other things. Currently he's just trying to figure out what it means to follow Christ and be in community with others. He enjoys having conversations with fellow pilgrims on the journey.
Stephen Zedler has a wife and three kids who he loves very much. He has been called by God to study and teach history, particularly U.S.
history. He also believes that God has called him to reform the way children are educated in America.