depth

I have begun to think more deeply about my life. As I look back over previous years, I think I have taken too much for granted. I have often missed it (it-meaning a deeper life) because I spent my time doing what others expected me to do. I wasn’t being truly who I was because I became the person others wanted me to be. And I get it. It’s on me. No one was forcing me to do or be any of that.

Other times I missed it because I became too task oriented. Waking up and attacking the list of priorities that, as we all know, is endless and is never really done. When this happens people become interruptions and divine appointments become distractions from the “stuff I gotta do.”

Hurry keeps me from missing the deeper life as well. In Proverbs it says that people who hurry miss the way. I want to find ways to go slower, do fewer things and do them well. When I go slower I notice more and recognize divine, Jesus-led, encounters and opportunities.

I find when I live slower I have more time for people. This leads to deeper, meaningful conversations. And I realize if I do live a less hurried life that there are going to be things on my to-do list left undone…and that is gonna have to be OK.

So, I want to write about living life more deeply; about living life with both Jesus and others with more intentionality taking advantage of the gift of days.

I am writing on this blog so that we might begin to recognize the presence of Jesus in our lives. I want to create some space so that we may be able to begin to look, notice, and see Jesus. I want us to be able to hear and become more familiar with his voice.

Secondly, I want to point us to a deeper life with others and towards true and authentic companionships. This intimate life with others can only come out of a love for Jesus. We cannot truly love others (or ourselves) unless we have a deep love for Jesus. Out of our love for Jesus comes a willingness to love and be loved, to know and to be known.