Behold the Sluggard

On a recent drive with my breathtakingly beautiful Helpmeet, we observed a very telling example of the rampant slothfulness infesting our society. We observed a lawn, recently mowed, with a large tree limb in the middle of it. Not so unusual? How about the fact that the limb had obviously been there for several weeks, as the grass had grown up to two feet around it? This would make sense if we were talking candidate for log cabin construction, but I believe this was a manageable size for my eight and ten year old to have handled it together. So, since eight and ten make eighteen, one must deduce that anyone of voting age should have the necessary natural resources to MOVE THE STINKING BRANCH BEFORE THEY MOW THE LAWN!!!

(digressing) Harrumph...

However, since Father's purpose for showing me the faults of others is so that I can more readily see my own, I believe I'll look for proverbial tree limbs laying in the various lawns in my life. Pretty certain I'll find a few.

Sluggard signing out.

Back to the Beginning...

(Composed 16 Sept)
Meaning...my first post! The title: The Future is Now. Subject: the book 1984. Specifically, the concept of the masses being told what to think, feel, hate and love. As my beautiful wife and I were driving today, planning and processing (see last post), we noticed another parallel between the 1984 world of Orwell and the 2006 world of George Bush, Bill Gates and Oprah. We were grocery shopping at the busiest time of the week to do so...Saturday morning! It occurred to us the masses' malleability is manifested in many paradigms. F'r instance, why shop on Saturday morning? It is the most convenient time to do so if you send your children to public school, involve them in sports and other after-school activities, and attend church at the prescribed times (Sun AM, Sun PM and Wed PM). What time slot is left for errands? Correct: Saturday morning. Yet even though we have never sent our littles to government school (a more accurate moniker)-nor the extracurricular accoutrements-and do not attend public church, we continue to fill the Saturday AM slot with the prescribed activity: grocery shopping! Why? Because we are conditioned to do so! Pavlov would be proud. Orwell is not spinning, but grinning in his grave.

My challenge to you this week is to challenge your thinking. Why do you and your family do the things you do when you do them? ...where you do them? ...how you do them? Can you tweak even the mundane tasks to better suit and serve your family's needs so you are more ready to serve the Kingdom at a moment's notice? Think about it. Pray about it. Share with me what Father reveals to you. I will continue to share the same.

*Please forgive my tardiness -nay, neglect- in posting. We have been deluged with information, revelation, and transformation regarding entrepreneurship. Father is doing something in us and it is big. Please pray for our receptivity and obedience.

A new thing

Recently studying entrepreneurialism. The more I learn, the more I am convinced that it is a better way to reflect the character of God. Working for someone else is exemplifying slavery. As a husband and father, I am mandated to reflect the character of God. Throughout scripture, God is called our Father, and Christ is called the Bridegroom. Hence, God has established these offices (husband and father) as an example of who He is. If I leave my family every day to work for another man, this is contrary to God's nature as all sufficient. He is not subservient to anyone. He is the Creator, the Sustainer, the ultimate Producer, Procurer and Perpetuator of systems. In other words, The Cosmic Entrepreneur!

You'll probably hear a lot about this in the coming weeks. Still absorbing...still processing. Pray for my openness to Father's teaching. Let me know how I can pray for you and in what ways the Lord is leading you to reflect His character.