After reading the second chapter of Crazy Love by Francis Chan it put my head into full on reflection mode. The reality of life is that it can be taken away in the matter of seconds.
The questions of whether I did well in school or where I will be in 15 years is completely irrelevant when I’m dead. Who people remember me will be whatever compared to where I will be in this temporary body.
Religion can be seen too many as that bogus kind of thing. It can also be justified as blind faith. The way I see it, is realizing there are pretty crazy things that go on that are inexplicable and more than luck. It’ll always be a roller coaster relationship with God. But once reflection sets in, you see Him in the most unsuspected moments.
Perhaps the most prominent example for me was earlier this year- I have labeled “the time” as it was a significant emotionally low point. That time of year was horrible. Reacting in a way that was never seen before. I was: silent. second guessing. not eating. not sleeping. feeling incapable.
God worked. He placed good people in my life. Simple things they did meant the world. Whether they did the things they did because they’ve been at the crossroad, scared or just worried– whatever the reason, God put them there at the precise moment in time.
Life has never been the same. Although the realization that such a big thing has happened, its easy to forget these things. As Chan puts it, “If life were stable, I’d never need God’s help. Since it’s not, I reach out for Him regularly.”
My anti-climatic ending: I've thought this through before but reading brought it up again.
My two cents of the day.
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