Technology both fascinates and frustrates me! I spent thirty minutes or more just now trying to figure out which gmail address is linked to this blog, since it had been so long since I had written here. Arghhhh!!! I still use a pen-and-paper appointment book. Cannot imagine not having it. There is some comfort for me in seeing items written in my own hand. A road map, if you will, that reinforces to me that I am going somewhere, and that, since I took the time and went to the effort to write the "to-do" list down, I will remember to do all of the items contained therein. It's weird, I know. I was in a biblestudy this past spring. When the facilitator gave dates, everyone whipped out their phone. I don't keep up with my commitments that way.
"Why do you carry that book around? It's embarrassing," said my seventeen-year-old just a couple of weeks ago. "Security blanket," was my clipped reply. "I know it will never have technical problems and lose all my data." He didn't have to digest that for long. "You could lose the book," he said diffidently. Thanks for that, but the book is still in action. In fact, it's right beside me on this sofa now.
There is no real connection between the deeper issues in life and my stubborn refusal to move with the times, my clinging to old, tried-and-true ways of doing things. Except maybe this: some things are absolutely timeless. These are the things that I am working so hard to let God make BIG in my life. "You are working hard to let God do something?" I can hear you pragmatic types thinking, or maybe, if you have taken the time out of your super-structured, task-oriented day to read this blog, even saying out loud. You make a good point. I guess what I mean is that I am trying to be aware of letting Him into every aspect of my day to work into my laziness, lack of discipline and loosey-goosey, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants time management the order that He wants me to operate with. The hard work, the focus. All of that is what He wants. If He did not, He wouldn't expect me to do anything with the good gifts He has blessed me with.
So leave my paper appointment book alone. It might be chock-full of boring details, but at least it's pretty (purple with a bit of a sheen). That's my nod to the notion that journey is supposed to be a delight.
"Why do you carry that book around? It's embarrassing," said my seventeen-year-old just a couple of weeks ago. "Security blanket," was my clipped reply. "I know it will never have technical problems and lose all my data." He didn't have to digest that for long. "You could lose the book," he said diffidently. Thanks for that, but the book is still in action. In fact, it's right beside me on this sofa now.
There is no real connection between the deeper issues in life and my stubborn refusal to move with the times, my clinging to old, tried-and-true ways of doing things. Except maybe this: some things are absolutely timeless. These are the things that I am working so hard to let God make BIG in my life. "You are working hard to let God do something?" I can hear you pragmatic types thinking, or maybe, if you have taken the time out of your super-structured, task-oriented day to read this blog, even saying out loud. You make a good point. I guess what I mean is that I am trying to be aware of letting Him into every aspect of my day to work into my laziness, lack of discipline and loosey-goosey, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants time management the order that He wants me to operate with. The hard work, the focus. All of that is what He wants. If He did not, He wouldn't expect me to do anything with the good gifts He has blessed me with.
So leave my paper appointment book alone. It might be chock-full of boring details, but at least it's pretty (purple with a bit of a sheen). That's my nod to the notion that journey is supposed to be a delight.
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