We live in a world of so much NOISE. Mental noise. Information. News. Charts. Diagrams. What to do. What not to do. Beep, Beep. Ring, Ring. Vibrate. The handy accessibility of someone talking at us from a screen is available even when we pump our gas. Can't I even watch the dollars tick away and smell the gas fumes in peace? Amid all this we try to find ourselves - navigate ourselves.
I had a conversation with a friend many years ago that summarized to the essence of that perhaps life is less about finding ourselves and more about staying true to ourselves. That innate sense we have had since a child. Such awareness like knowing being around crowds of people is anxiety-ridden, that speaking in front of people is fulfilling, that music makes our heart sing, that our tender hearts can't stand others' aloofness of compassion, you're an animal-lover, or sense of how to help others. Amid all the noise. The noise telling how to be, how to act, what to buy, what to wear, what to study, how to be happy, how to not be happy, how to be successful, how to be [enter superlative], how to be a true you.
God created us- perfectly. With a grand design. And we spend so much of our life fighting our design: talents, gifts, interests, difficulties, instead of finding the inner quiet of who we are and acknowledging it. Amid the all the noise trying to guide us and define us- we are looking for shepherds in so many places. And as we search for the right shepherd to guide us, there's one there all the time watching us and trying to guide our spirit along the way knowing this design.
According to https://work.chron.com/duties-shepherd-23576.html,
"A shepherd’s primary responsibility is the safety and welfare of the flock.”
Jesus is the Good Shepherd, let Him be the guide. He knows you better than Mr. .X. on the 5 O’ Clock radio show. What is simple is often the hardest to achieve … quiet the noise.
Amber Dobb Maclay-Schulte
No comments:
Post a Comment