- We are all at varying degrees of growth.
- Man will endure second best as long as he can control it.
- Waiting is not a bad thing only a hard thing.
- A vessel filled with itself is hard to be filled any further, it must first be emptied.
- My problem is not perfectionism, it's fear of failure brought on by past rejection.
- Sometimes God delays but He never disappoints.
- I've stopped climbing trees that I always fall out of.
- When you fail to reach out to another person with whom your relationship is broken, it shows that they are not important enough to risk further pain.
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Storage Shed
My story is not unlike a lot of other guys my age; 28 years of marriage, children leaving the house and venturing out on their own, thoughts of "what else". This should be a time of settling in and enjoying the fruit of my labor, a long awaited and planned for rest or at least an easing off of the pressures of life. Nothing could be further from the truth. After one failed marriage, most of my young adult life spent in drug and alcohol abuse, many broken relationships, a couple of business ventures gone sour and a storage shed filled with unresolved emotional baggage, I feel like I'm just now getting started, that all the life behind me has just been a preparation for what lies ahead. Anyway, I've created a list of important statements of sorts, concepts that have halted the way I live my life and have caused me to look outside of myself for understanding.
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5 comments:
Keep writing and I'll keep reading. I think you and I are in similar places.
Pioneer Poet
It is great to see you are writing again. I know God will use you to minister to others. Love and Prayers, your wife Kathie
The Warrior is a poet, is a dancer. His weapon is his life. (weapon: something used to defeat)
Is there something to defeat?
As you say, do I know what my purpose is and do I live like I have a purpose?
My life may be hell but it is my little hell and staying there makes me feel like I have control.
One thing I have learned is that having God in your life doesn't mean you will have all the answers and that all the bad stuff will go away.
Does God never disappoint? This is a tricky one. In our perception He disappoints all the time. He could have but didn't, could but doesn't. What is He thinking about? Doesn't He know the situation I am in? I think this is one of the hardest things we face in this God relationship. And after all if it is a relationship He seems to not be holding up His end of the bargain. Doesn't he care?
Well, just things to think about.
Since there is no where to go back to I say we push on!
Gary Rude
I wanna see what's in that storage shed!
And thanks, I'm gonna stop climbing the tree I always fall out of too.
Jannie
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