Not really much to report today. I guess I could call it "just routine" or "same oh, same oh". There is the feeling of being tethered to the hospital but that is to be expected since it is everyday, five days a week.
As I was driving to the treatment center today I was thinking about the thought of "just routine". Isn't that about the way our life is. Most people go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time, go to the same job, do the same work, come home at the same time and the list could go on and on.
To many life is not "just routine" but it has become "mundane". Talk to most students today and regardless of their age they have one phrase that is used a lot, "I'm bored".
I suppose with this treatment going the same time each day is a good thing. It helps me not to forget or wonder what time do I have to be there.
Let me ask this question. "Has your life become mundane, boring or just routine?" That can be changed. Jesus said, "I have come to give you life and that more abundantly". That doesn't mean you will be bouncing off the wall every day or there will be some great new adventure every day but it does mean that He can help you see many opportunities that could be missed. The neighbor that looks a little more tired then usual, the co-worker that asks a little different question today, a spouse that seems more distant then usual. There are opportunities each day to build relationships, strengthen relationships, mend relationships but will all go unmissed if we are "just routinely" going through the day or we are "bored".
Are you caught up with your own situation or difficulties to the point where that is all you can see? If that is the case ask Jesus to open your eyes to those around you.
Yes, it was just another routine day of treatment but it won't be a routine day in serving Him. There are always opportunities to break us free from the mundane.
Tonight we will be serving a Thanksgiving dinner to almost 200 people. Ministry is never boring or just routine or mundane.
Blessings.
21 down and 14 to go.
This is the Journey of Pastor Rick Stratton's discovery of vocal cord cancer, treatment, recovery and on. My prayer for you today is that you will be blessed and victorious. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because, greater is He that is in you, then he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4
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