Now what are you going to do? Fight.

Dec 21, 2008   //   by Rick Dancer   //   Blog  //  No Comments

People keep asking me the natural question? Now what are you going to do? I have a standard answer but the truth is “I done know”. That should scare the hell out of me. There are mornings when I wake up in bed and mentally fight off the fear. The “what ifs” are what cause the most grief. It’s as if the enemy of my soul is trying to get me to spar with it. My greatest weapon is to say to God, “I refuse to go there, you take this one”.

It’s all about Faith. I mean, what is Faith anyway? Is it answers? No.  Great experiences? No. Great Revelation? No. Faith is believing that God really is in charge. It’s saying to the nay-sayers, which mostly reside in my mind, that God has a plan. I’m honestly not worried about the future.

This is how my morning started out. A battled ensued and ended. I found myself asleep in my recliner, dog in my lap, coffee cup nearby, fire in the fireplace and my mind at peace.

The last thing I read before I drifted off was from Gerald May: By worshiping efficiency, the human race has achieved the highest level of efficiency in history, but how much have we grown in love?”

I”m too darn efficient. I’m going to work on that.

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  • Jon December 22, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    Rick–
    You speak frequently of your faith. Consider reading The Open Gate written by David Adam. The subtitle is Celtic Prayers for Growing Spiritually. It has proven valuable to me.
    Jon

  • zach December 24, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    It seems like the harder you look for something the more elusive it becomes-like when you are fishing and the moment when you set the pole down and are preoccupied that is the moment the revelation comes and leaves you scrambling so that your whole system does not end up at the bottom of the lake. How to find something seems like how to not look for it. Or look for it only out of the corner of your eye or mind. It reminds me of this odd song that says”try to think of nothing” over and over again. It is hard to do. I believe that you have done so many good things for others that you have stored up a great many good things that will happen to you. That seems to be how it works. They just come at the most unexpected times and in ways that are almost unrecognizable.

  • zach December 24, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    Rick, I will be at F.C. this afternoon after about 1:30…hope to see you there.

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