Life... or something like it

One of my friends wrote in an email recently about his wife and him "...things are normal I guess, you know, work, sleep, eat, etc. Pretty boring you'll probably say, and yeah you're probably right if that's what you may be thinking."

When I first read it, I thought that's not boring, that's how I yearn for my life to be. Having steady rhythms of life makes it easier to have other people involved in your life, as they know when they can intrude and become more part of your life, and not having your life too packed with lots of different things makes it easier for them and you to spend more time together sharing life.

As I meet more people, they usually ask about what I've thought about my move to Shepp from Melbourne last year.

To be honest, one of the reasons I moved was to create a life filled less with running around 'ministry-related' activities, but more of a life of missional rhythms. I haven't succeeded. I've largely recreated my ministry-related-activities-filled life with different expressions.

I think we value activity in this society - it gives the impression things are being achieved. But like so many of the trinkets in our consumeristic society, they generally don't amount to much at all.

Rhythms of life should be encouraged and highly valued... Being God with God with the same people around you over time is something precious and greatly fruitful. Keep it up and know you are serving God well.