I think I told you last week that Molly started preschool in Columbia. That's a big deal...made more complicated by the fact that we still live in Greenville. We thought we would move next week...that is, until the contract on our house in Greenville fell through.
So, Monday, my family packed up and headed to Columbia. They'll be back tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm here in Greenville with my frozen dinners and an empty house.
I hate it.
You'd think that I'd love the "break" - sleep in, watch what I want on TV, play my guitar and sing as loud as I want, read, play PlayStation...oh, pray as long as I want...:-)
I don't know what happens, but when Lara Beth and the girls are gone, it's like I lose my compass. I eat junk food and call it a meal. I drink Coke (I quit drinking soft drinks 8 months ago). I stay up way too late. I work way too much. I spend inordinate amounts of time deciding, "what should I do now?"
I think this is indicative of two things: 1. how easy it is to get off track and 2. how important community is in keeping us on track.
We all have a propensity to wander. The hymn writer said, "Prone to wander/Lord, I feel it/Prone to leave the God I love." A sure ticket to failure, regret, and guilt is to think you're strong enough to do life on your own. You're not. I'm not.
I stink at doing life alone in my own house with frivolous things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning. Pretty easy to say I don't have a chance to walk with Jesus, represent Him, preach, lead, or finish well without people around me. People who keep me on the tracks. People who challenge me when I start to wander. People who can speak into my life with power, courage, conviction, encouragement, and accountability.
Life, leadership, and ministry are too big for all of us. We need people around us. Who has the inside track on your life?
Don't do life alone...trust me, it stinks. :-)
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