July 20, 2006
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Do you live life based upon what should be or what could be?
“I should do _____ because that’s what my mom & dad always did, because that’s what my teacher taught me, because this’s what everyone in the office does, because that’s the norm, that’s what’s expected, that’s what makes sense, because people will like me, appreciate me, approve me – if I choose that.”
I don’t wanna live a life like that. I guess I’m just afraid of living any kind of life that’s so busy with its own agenda that it doesn’t make space for God. Beyond what’s been done before, beyond what’s been said before, beyond the scripts, the formulas, the protocols and traditions and what’s rational and logical to me, perhaps God has something different in mind. Perhaps God has something radical and amazing that I didn’t even think of? I don’t want to be so busy living a life of shoulds that I end up missing out on all that could be – in Jesus. Oh Lord, what could be?
Do you live a life based upon what should be or what could be?
