I like to think of myself as an equalizer. When people, especially young people, think they're too good for everything and everyone I like to set them in their place. However, when people need encouragement I try to build them up. That means when I give a complement, it isn't given lightly. It also means I'm not afraid to speak truth when others won't.
I lovingly say silly things like, "You're stinky" or "Slacker." It means no harm. People that know me, know that I will say something similar as a greeting for only the ones I care about. That being said, I was finishing some things up at church when a friend's daughter came up and said hello. Naturally I responded with, "What's up, Slacker?" "Slacker? How am I a slacker?" Oy. Little did she know that I had been thinking about her. The worship leader is a teacher at a local high school. He teaches piano. This girl had been one of her students. I know that he had been her teacher for keyboard. I also know that she does art, like painting. I couldn't help but think, "Why isn't she doing something?" I wondered what might happen if she started playing the keyboard for church. So when she came past me, it was just poor timing. She didn't know what volcano was waiting for her. "How are you a slacker??" I may have then dropped on this girl the potential she has and how she wasn't using it. That's the big lesson of life these days. We are like batteries. I remember in 8th grade learning that batteries hold their charge for a certain amount of time. Once the two sides of the current are connected, the energy is being used - whether the item is turned on or not. That's why when we put those AAA's in a remote and never use the remote, but go searching a year later for it and try to use it we are disappointed to find out the remote is rendered useless. It needs new batteries. Same goes for cars. A new battery in the car that isn't driven doesn't do much good. The battery will die without the life of the car engine roaring to life. Many of us are sitting on potential for something great. Yet, we refuse to drive the car. We refuse to turn on the item. I know my calling has been to write. Since I have started this blog alone, my craft has been honed, and my writing career has taken off. However, for a long time I wrote here and there and kept it to myself. I was a set of AA's left in an old Walkman. I was useless. Not only that, but what happens to batteries that are left for too long? They become corroded. The acid reacts and we're left with rusted out springs and corrosion that gets everywhere. Wait. So a battery not being used will not just be useless, but will become corroded (like a part of our hearts is dying) and then it spreads and creates a mess around it? That's a little deep for me. I think I'm going to rest on that for a moment. I don't know much. You've figured that out by now. All I know is this: We have one life. We have a calling on that life. When we do not move in that calling, acidic corrosion will occur. May I use my life to the best of my abilities, but more so through the abilities, calling, and strength of God.
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