Dear Friends,

Here I sit at my computer with another opportunity to write a letter to you.  I have to come up with something to write.  What if I don’t feel like writing?  Fortunately, for me, I love to write and be creative.  What if I can’t come up with anything?  Again I am very blessed because, like writing sermons, that has rarely happened to me.  What if I would rather be doing something else?  Once more I love what I do, so that isn’t a problem for me.  So, here I sit at my computer with another wonderful opportunity to relate some of my inner thoughts with you.

Those three questions I raised in the previous paragraph speak to the essence of our lives.  What if we don’t feel like doing something?  Does this mean I only do the things I feel like doing?  What if doing something I don’t feel like is actually helpful to me?  For example, I may not feel like doing dishes, but if I don’t I won’t have clean dishes to eat off.  So even though I don’t feel like it I will do it because it will be better for me in the long run.  The tricky thing about feelings is that they ebb and flow with our ongoing daily activities.  To let our feelings rule our lives is asking for trouble.  Sometimes we may need to rise above them to embrace our true desires.  At first I didn’t love to write, but as I become more disciplined in writing I found it is something which is an important part of me.

The second question deals with how our abilities arise.  To be afraid of not coming up with something means I have to do it.  If God is the source of all things than God provides me with these ideas.  I no longer have to depend on me.  This leads me back to staying in touch with the endless font of thoughts.  I know I need to have my quiet time with God to be attentive to God’s Voice.  I also know I need to read various books and other things to be refreshed.  What provides you with the ability to stay in touch with God?  What creative activities provides the inspiration for you to do your calling?  Each of us has our own path to walk with God and our gifts.  We spend our lives discovering this fact.  Remember as you do this God is a God of abundance.

The third question relates to what we want to do with our lives.  I think we are called to do everything in our lives that comes from our inner Being.  Who we are translates into what we do.  When we are being who we are there is a passion of spirit which drives our actions.  We feel energized rather than depleted.  The final piece to the puzzle called life is found in always doing what we want.  In the process we spend day after day determining what kind of life we will co-create with God.

I share these questions knowing each of us have the answers to them in our hearts.  May God bless us with God’s Presence as we journey forth.

Gary