Musings
....what is this thing?
I experienced something this morning that I never experienced before in the 73 years I've been banging around this old earth. We had an early breakfast scheduled. Since I usually handle the early breakfasts and Ellen handles the late arrivals... I expected her to sleep in a little. I had everything ready and with a half hour left before the guests would come down I was spending a little time with the Lord.
....just what does it mean?
Just started off the day dumping a glass of water into my keyboard! So... this will be short because my space bar is being a total pain andthiisishardtoread!
Then my nose started bleeding...fortunately not into the keyboard..... or on my shirt ... because I needed to get breakfast going for the guests and there wasn't time to get dressed again!
....maybe even a tornado!
I talked yesterday about being involved in some heavy winds....blowing us around...maybe even a tornado or two! Think Dorothy....Wizard of Oz....house swirling around...all kinds of stuff floating by the window...even the evil one changing from her bicycle to a broomstick... it doesn't matter... none of it really matters....it's all a part of the great adventure. And....when your house finally lands...it will land right on top of the evil one!
...relax and enjoy the ride!
There is no more exciting way to live than just "blowin' in the wind" ...that wind of the Holy Spirit I wrote about yesterday. Never know where He is going to take you next or who He is going to blow across your path...sometimes it's just a gentle breeze....sometimes those 50mph gusts throw you for a loop....once in a while you swear you are in the middle of a hurricane...but I wouldn't trade it for anything resembling the way I used to live....nothing.
....stop already with all the building!
The bible has a whole lot to say about building and rebuilding things....but, for whatever reason, we just don't get it. The Lord says that unless He builds it...all our labor is in vain. Still we run around like crazy building things and asking the Lord to bless what we build. I remember when I was running around like crazy all over the roof as a Union Roofer....desperately trying to stay busy. My boss was not happy with me. I became the brunt of many jokes....especially two pet phrases they used all the time. "Do something Wolff....even if it's right!" "Don't just do something..
....on the building of walls!
Whenever I see something...first thing I want to do is tell the whole world... if something grabs me...I need to tell somebody... that is both a good thing and a bad thing....because what I have seen is some facet of a beautiful diamond called Truth. It can be a bad thing because I haven't had time to make it real in my life..... it can be a good thing because it is still truth!
...gotta have an entrance!
I couldn't have a relationship with Ellen if there was no entrance into her heart. She took the chance and opened the door of her heart to me so I could enter into a relationship.
....a special relationship
I have a very special relationship with Ellen. We have been friends for over 40 years now. I met her the year before I met the Lord. Being a total reprobate and womanizer, it was a completely new experience meeting a woman who I just enjoyed being around....just talking....communicating...telling stories....she became a friend. Back then I had no frame of reference for a relationship like that with a woman. My friends were males...not females! She became my very best friend...and remains my very best friend.We have this very special relationship.
...it has been called the exchanged life.
I think the first time I ever heard that expression I was reading the biography of Hudson Taylor...a missionary.... what seems like ages ago.... to China. He talked about how Jesus literally wanted to live His life in us. We had to simply make the decision to exchange our life for His life....and then learn to live in that exchanged life....not learning a bunch of rules or trying to imitate His example or somehow bootstrap our way through life and hope we can be a good person....but allowing His life to work its way into ours and replace it....it is called the exchanged life!
....teaching about it...or living it?
Promised to complete this Musing. It is based on this quote from Wayne Jacobsen...
“It’s not about teaching; it’s about living. Learn to live this life and you’ll find no end of folks to share it with. Teach it first, however, and that will be your substitute for living it.”
“It’s not about teaching; it’s about living. Learn to live this life and you’ll find no end of folks to share it with. Teach it first, however, and that will be your substitute for living it.”
