Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
i've come to realize that i compromise so many things when my emotions distort perception, God-given perception. fickle and fleeting as emotions are, i allow myself to sink in the quicksand of imprudence. Jeremiah said that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick, who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9) God can, and He does. He searches me. He knows me. and although i'll never understand why, He loves me.
there's a homeless, i mean houseless, man sleeping next to me. he is snoring loudly, and there is a sticker on his hanes socks. he looks so peaceful. he must have had a hard day. but when he wakes up, he has to do it all over again. "it" -- define it however you want. the drone of life. the perpetual chase for temporary happiness. the routines. we have lost the fervor, the flame. i desire rest, not sleep. Jesus invites us, "Come all you who are weary, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). i'm banking on that invitation. but how selfish am i to keep that rest to myself? to seek that rest by myself? i think i'll buy the man with the hanes socks a burger king meal and stick a post-it note on the bag that says, GOD LOVES YOU (and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for you). is he houseless? i'm not sure. i'm pretty sure. regardless, who would deny free food? but then again, there's only one Free Food.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food."
Isaiah 55:1-2
