Not A Boy Band

"Out-Of-Sync"

You ever feel like that?

That was me this week. I say was because I will not continue on the crazy cycle any longer.






























Mirror your basic thinking functions like this:
You are a moving walkway at an airport.
Every day you move situations, people, events, etc.
You serve a purpose every day. You provide a service whether you like it or not.
And whether you like the people or the situations that pass through you every day, you are still needed.

Day in and day out, you are who you are.
But what happens when your gear box fails, or the wheels on the conveyor belt fail.
What if the belt rips?
There are so many things that make the moving walkway work.
Just like you.
One thing goes wrong and boom!

So what happens when the maintenance guy stops servicing the moving walkway for a few days?
A few weeks? MONTHS!?!?!
Can you imagine?

There I am this morning, on my treadmill... pissed.
2 weeks ago I was jamming at 7.5 mph for 15 minutes straight before I had to lower the speed.
Took 1 week off cos I was "tired" and now here I am huffing up a lung at 6 mph.
Could one week of NOT running make THAT much of a difference?

YES!

And the reason I was tired the week before was because I wasn't running in the first place.
How's that for backwards?

Where are we going here Dave?

Well.... while I ran....er, jogged.... k, sped walked, I started really feeling down.
Here I am struggling to run on this treadmill. One more event in a crappy week.
Started Saturday night and has just made me resent November already.
Then I heard a whisper in my ear. Like someone had lowered the volume on my iPod.

"I am still righteous!"

I stop jogging for a second and turn around. No person there. Just Jesus. HA! JUST Jesus.

I started jogging again.

I think about how my daily time with God has become shorter in time and even less frequent in the past few weeks.
Now, I am NOT saying God was giving me a bad week because he was trying to get my attention or to make me feel bad.
In fact, this week hasn't been bad at all.

It's been just as crazy as any other week.
The same amount of people, events and situations passed through me as any other week.
It's been my ability to handle the load that has suffered.

When I let the "maintenance man" grease my gears and check my belts, things run fine.
I am able to function just fine regardless of how the day goes.
I am able to provide my service to the world.
Whether that means dealing with craziness all day or a lazy day with the iPod.

Today God reminded me that even when everything else around me seems wrong, HE is still righteous.

So if you are having a shitty week or month or day or just hour.

STOP!

Shut down the walkway for a sec.
Call "The man" and get back in sync.
You will begin to realize that everyday has potential to suck.
But when everything inside is in order, everything flows just fine regardless.