Word For The Day Is....

Hello Emmanuel,

The word for the day is ‘blah’.  Ever have those moments when you just feel like you are going through the motions for no apparent reason other than there is nothing else to do?  It sort has that feel of ‘Groundhog Day’, for you Bill Murray fans.  I haven’t figured it all out yet, but I have those moments and today is one of them. 

Every time I have this feeling, I find myself asking the all-important questions of my existence (is this a mid-life crisis thing?).  Who am I?  What is my purpose?  What is God’s intentions for my life?  These questions always bring me back around and I, once again, start feeling like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing.  I don’t always know why, except to say that I know what I know and I don’t know what I don’t know.  Therefore, could my conclusion be anything else?

Now maybe some of you don’t want such a deep philosophical MMP to start your week.  I would like to avoid it myself.  However, my ‘blah’ days give me little choice.  I am driven to find deeper meanings in life and I hope you are too.  We are not just creatures with instinct only.  We have the self-awareness to go beneath the surface of just surviving and delve into the realm of things like progress and fulfillment and productivity.

And then there is our faith in a high power.  At worst, we think there might be a possibility that we are not alone in the universe.  At best, we believe it with our whole soul.  And believing in God prompts us to ask those big questions that transcend any blah day and take us to a divine place that refuses to let us ever think life is just a bunch of motions.

Think deep.  Believe deep.  What you might think is a normal, average, blah day is a day that is full of life and opportunity.  God has something for you today.  Don’t let your apathy keep you from seeing it.

God is Good,

Pastor Joe