I was thinking about goals. Obviously, I think physically we are starting to reach ours, but it took a lot to get here. Also, we are still going through trials trying to reach them. John went back to work after the kids went to sleep last night and got home at midnight. He was exhausted this morning and sat down on the couch in the middle of it. I thought he was done, but he got back up and kept going.
He struggles with his asthma, weekly, sometimes daily. He has had this since he was 5! Still waiting for him to "grow out of it".
My mouthpiece did not fit yesterday and my jaw is locked again. I am frustrated and insecure with how I'm going to talk and look when it does fit. I'm nervous about the future of my bite, and hope to God my orthodontist and TMJ doctor get this right. It's all up in the air. We are not in control.
So why have goals? Why strive when "stuff happens", you get sick, life gets in the way? Why? Because that's how we were made. We were not made to settle for what just comes our way. We are meant to work with it. God gave Adam and Eve the garden to take care of, not just live in. He wants us to use what we have and go for more. He wants us better, and wants us to use what we have to acquire more, yes for us, but mostly for HIM. The story of the talents (or is it talons, niv says bags of gold).
If you don't know it, a master gives his 3 servants talents (money) and says he will be back. The first 2 servants go and multiply their talents, and the 3rd goes and hides it in the field so as not to lose it. The master comes back and is displeased with that 3rd servant because he didn't do anything with what he was given. How could he be trusted with more if he has done nothing with what he has, he didn't even try. This is not what God wants us to do with ourselves. Not our money (invest/give), not our time (go/donate), not our bodies (work/take care of). If we don't use what we have for good, for God, how can we stretch ourselves to be able to handle more? We can't.
It's not easy, sometimes we lose, sometimes we fail, but there are no bad experiences. Just learning experiences. We aren't doing this alone either, He is always with us, helping, guiding. I don't know what the future holds, I just know that I'm going to keep pushing my strength physically and emotionally, until I get over the hump that I've been staring at for years. It's time! Don't wait. We all can get there by using and stretching our talents. What are you doing with what you've been given?
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