Last weekend my son posted the following “note” on his Facebook page. I am posting it today on my blog for two reasons. First and foremost, I am so glad to see how the Lord is already working in Taylor’s life on many fronts. Not too far behind that reason, I am posting his thoughts because so many of you are praying for him (and his mother, sister and me) and you have been most instrumental in his call to ministry. Thank you for allowing me to indulge myself:
Friday May 29, 2009
Every waking day is a good day. Today was the best day in HK yet. I feel like after all was said and done that something was actually accomplished, no matter how small. I have learned two things: one, nothing will get done unless someone does it; two, in order to do something, you must do it. This might sound (and it is) quite redundant. This is for a purpose. In order to do anything, big or small, you must take the first step. When watching T.V. you must first turn it on. You cannot simply press up or down on the channel button, nothing will happen. You will simply sit and stare at a blank screen relentlessly pressing the channel button. No matter how much you do this nothing will happen until you turn the T.V. on. Therefore, you must start at step one before you move to step two. Otherwise, your process will be incomplete, and your mission will not be accomplished.
Tactfulness is something that I am just beginning to learn. I am the type of person who wants to see immediate results; otherwise, I will not stick around to watch the plant grow. The Merriam-Webster dictionary would define this behavior as impatience. I am leaning just how impatient I am in this first week in HK. This summer is going to be great, sometimes however, great things come by snail mail, you have to pay extra (sometimes an arm and a leg) to overnight, and it seems that at this time I must take the free shipping for orders $99 and more. Regardless, progress is a tricky thing, possibly (dare I say) even time consuming. Patience (however cliché) is a virtue, a virtue that must be learned, with much… time.
I pray that I will see God’s will in my life, I worry that I will be to focused on the end to notice the means by which to get there.
God, open my eyes to your will, so that mine will be blinded, and yours will be accomplished.
Every moment that we breathe is another blessing undeserved, yet freely given to do as we choose. Every living moment is a moment to live radically, radically enough to save the world, one snail mail stamp at a time. Every waking day is a good day.
Preach it, Tay, preach it. Every day is a good day. Keep the faith. Stay the course.
How inspiring!!! Please continue to post these notes as they are so encourageing to those of us who read this blog. I know that you are so proud of him for choosing to heed God’s calling down this path. I pray for him and your family often. Can’t wait to see more!