Ok, so today is my day off. My days off are great - I spend time with family, pray, goof off with the girls, read Godly blogs, hang out w/friends, read God's Word. Relaxes me even to talk about it. :) What I DON'T do on my day off is check e-mail, make youth ministry-related phone calls, send out texts to church people (all of this, of course, pending there is no emergency)...This, again, relaxes me even to write about it.
With that being said, today has been an exceptional day off. A walk down to our local hardware store to get ice cream, talking to my wife, playing kitchen with my girls, and wrappin' it all up with having friends over friends for dinner - it's been awesome!!
And in the middle of it all today, I have a divine restlessness with what God is speaking into my life. Three blogs I read today all have to do with suffering for Christ, two sermons I've listened to both, without intention from me, were about suffering for the Kingdom.
The past few days, I've been reading in Philippians 3 which is about the fellowship of suffering with Christ. I just got back from a conference in which the biggest thing I got out of it was true disciples are ready for the pain and suffering that comes from standing for the Gospel.
All of that being said - the question you're asking right now: What does that mean for you, I have to say...I don't know. But what I do know is that IT'S TRUTH...that I must listen closely to what God is saying...and I cannot let my spirit move from this topic of thought and prayer.
Lord, speak clearly to me. On my day off, surrounded by wonderful people and comfort, speak oh so clearly into my heart the kind of man you would have me to be, the things you would have me to do tomorrow & the day after & the day after that...be my ever-consuming thought. And may I be humbly obedient, ready for whatever you wish for me.
