Your Strongest Life

I have been pondering the daily of living. About how we get sucked dry, sucked into drama, suckered by distractions instead of Living full out in our strengths. My favorite Bible teacher, John Dee, calls it reality with a little “r”, as opposed to God Reality with a big “R.” He says that the Big R is much more real than the little r. So I want to be conscious of that and press into God Reality without getting stopped by the daily junk. But how do we do that?

If we are not careful, we will become like hamsters on wheels trying to figure out how to do life full out and still get laundry done. (Can I get an “Amen, Sister”?)

Still there is a focused living that Jesus did so beautifully. He knew what He was about. Um, that would be saving the world. Yet He was so connected to His Father, so empowered by the Holy Spirit, He didn’t have to freak out in the day to day. And when He got tired, He “withdrew to a solitary place to pray.”

Even as I write this, I know that is what I need. Time with God. Nothing will bring more big R Reality to my life that time in His presence. How about you? What reality are you living in today?

I’m off to find a solitary place, right in the middle of my daily drama. Come Lord Jesus.

May I be candid? Boredom is often a lack of vision and gratitude. Hear me out. When you lack vision and purpose, then you can easily feel like what you are doing is beneath you or insignificant. But when you know the greater good or goal, then the mundane (which is still mundane) becomes part of a bigger puzzle rather than the end result.

For example, laundry wears me out. It is tiresome, boring and never-ending. But it is not the sum total of me as a woman, wife or mother. It is a piece of the mundane that simply gets done. Here is where the gratitude kicks in. The other day, I literally said out loud as I was changing the clothes over, “Thank you, Lord, that I don’t have to carry all these clothes to a river and pound them with a rock. Thank you that I have machines that wash and dry them. Thank you that I have clean water to wash them in.” Granny always said, “Count your blessings.”

If you find you are “bored” with your life as a whole, then that is a great invitation to go back to the Lord to discover your strengths, dream and passions. I am currently reading the book, Your Strongest Life. It is specifically written for women who want to live life to the fullest. I highly recommend it as a temperature check on whether you are checking out, wimping out, or launching!

Greater Things

Jana Spicka — Author, Speaker, Lover of God

Thoughts to Ponder

Real Question #5: What About Boredom?