consecration

be amazed that this isn't about halo.

lately i've wondered to myself as i stare at people, what they are living for? so of course i end up asking myself that same very question. but somedays it is hard to find answer.

i know for a fact that i desire to serve others by serving God, but i look at the practical application of said phrase seems slightly absent. not saying i am completely going away from that, it just doesn't seem that i am intentionally daily striving to fulfill my life's worth.

sometimes it is hard to find out how actually make this to become true. then i hear d a word i had not heard in awhile. . .

consecration.

i've heard it before, and might even know the definition of it. but sometimes it helps in reading definitions again. one of the literal meanings "setting apart." one thing i do feel i am is being set apart. i hope that in the process of consecrated, that i am continually serving a greater purpose than my life on its own can make. i do not want to waste my opportunity on the privileged planet and i hope to give back more than was given to me. as much as it easy to waste away days and make them seem inconsequential, that is not what is required of us. too many gifts have been given to us in order to take these once in lifetime opportunities (literally) for granted. from scientific universe laws (gravity, heat, molecular structure, etc.) to biological advantages (intuitiveness, creativity, dreams, love) even to american giftedness (financial independence, choice, freedom), all of which we have not deserved, but all which we are allowed to live in. we only get one chance at this, and i don't want mine to be a waste, as well as i desire yours not to be a waste. let's make up our mind so that we look for the better things in life and look to how we can give back to others as well as God for all we overlook everyday.

i hope to be a reminder to those around me of what is real and meaningful in their life. i also hope i continue to remind myself of that same fact.

ok, time to get back to the more important things of this day: reverting to a boyish state.

chasing squirrels

ahhhh ricky spindler. great ncu memories, if you didn't know him, he was one of the craziest, most passionate men of God I have ever met, and as one of his weird habits, he would occasionally chase squirrels in Elliot Park.

so where did that come from you may ask, well, i'll tell you.

this past friday i was sitting down to read (i know, be very scared) and one of our condo friends stopped by, the porch squirrel. so as my a.d.d. insists, i stop and stared at it. and i became in awe.

it just sat there and began cleaning itself and grooming itself right there on my porch, not 5 ft from me. then i began to think of it as not an animal, but as another one of Yahweh's creations. it is amazing to watch and think at the same time. it has emotions, it can be frightened, excited, happy, and most likely sad. it can prepare and predict by saving food supply for horrible minnesota winters. it also has the sense to live and can do what it takes to protect life.

amazing.

even in a simple creation as that, what we would label as more or less a rodent with a big tail, it has many of the traits that we use and value highly as the food chain kings. if such simple creatures have such needed traits, how much more were we thought of when we were made??? i just hope i value life as much as my friend the squirrel does.