One of the more provocative books in my study is titled “God Is A Verb!”.  The poetry in the book is written by Marilee Zdenek and Marge Champion compiled the action photographs.  Though it’s only mid-July as I write this, it may be the same in August as you read this because, we had week with temps close to 90 with high humidity.  And the prediction for the rest of summer looks the same.  So as I write this, I remember one photo in the book that caught my eye.  It is of a very elderly woman playing tennis and the poem next to it goes like this:

 

          She’s eighty five years old Lord—

                  eighty-five and going strong on the hottest day in July!

                   

               I sit around doing nothing but grumbling about the heat.

                    It makes me think—

 

          If I quit complaining long enough to consider how I felt,

                    I might react differently to how I feel.

 

          Waiting for the temperature to change

                    is part of a larger problem—

 

                    of waiting for tomorrow to feel the joy,

                    waiting until I have time to discover my full potential,

                    waiting until it’s convenient with everyone else to

                              explore the depths of talent in myself.

 

          Waiting

                    Waiting

                              Waiting

                                        for something else to change.

 

What is that you are waiting for that will change your life in a profound and positive way, opening to you new possibilities and growth?

 

What might you do to stop waiting and be proactive that you might discover your full potential and the depth of your talent?

 

Thoughts to ponder as the dog days of summer continue and maybe I am poses the questions more to myself and none of us is getting any younger. So, as I read this maybe it’s time to stop grumbling, stop waiting and challenge myself to seek my full potential. How about you?

                                                                      Blessings,

                                                                       Pastor Kurt