Well glory be! It’s Sunday and Church is the destination this morning. I look forward to the Sunday School class and lesson as well as the time of anthem preparation in the choir, and, of course, the worship service itself. But first, I have to tackle getting dressed in a bit slower and modified manner than I’ve whizzed through it in the past. I’m none the worse off for it, however, since I’m learning what it means to embrace the journey. This whole destination thing has set me thinking that life HAS an ultimate destination. For me, that looks like joyfully fulfilling my role in service worship in the presence of God; at peace in Him. Your version of your ultimate destination may be very different depending upon your faith construct (or lack thereof), but you can count on the fact that you have one. What you’re doing along the way tells where you think you’re headed! Yeah, I’m preaching now, so if you’re turned off, see you later, but if you’re interested even a tad in what an old preacher with PD might have to say, stick around! I submit that the actions we take right now, today, this week, are integrally tied to where we think we’re going to wind up. Some say they think only of the day, others the week, others to retirement, others to the task, and still others utter the desire to just stay in the moment lest they fall ominously into the throws of addiction or other form of self indulgence. Here comes my sermon now… If you believe (talking to myself first here) that God’s love as shown by His grace has set you free from self (and other) condemnation, then you will act grace-fully each moment of each day. This means you’ll be giving as good as you believe you’ve gotten from God. Sounds so simple, huh? Not so fast there, Gladys; if it were that easy, life would be a bowl of cherries or whatever fruit floats your boat. Instead, it seems that life is a “working out” of our understanding of our version of the destination we think we’re headed toward. Enough of the preaching now! We’ve got enough of the journey steps to take right now. Brushing teeth and getting dressed will do just fine as appreciative acts accomplished this morning!
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