It’s Friday night and I’m actually doing the Five Minute Friday post! Granted I’m falling asleep as I work on finishing up this post since I’ve worked hard today and feel very accomplished! What all did I do? I tore down an old shed, made two trips to the dump, leveled some ground, trimmed a tree back, and got a good start on a new storage area. After I got all that done I made supper, got a turkey roast out to thaw for Thanksgiving supper, and then chilled with the family. It’s an excellent way to complete a simple word: Become. What does this word mean to you?
Become
Become
Being a person
It’s what we do
But is it
Enough? Should we
strive to be something
more or should be
Content to continue being
as we are, working, reading,
believing, living,
Organizing our lives
by what appeals to us
in the here and now, or
Maybe, just maybe
something additional
should be the driving
Effort of our lives,
Perhaps that believing we
do should be in something
Bigger than ourselves.
Enormous, and somewhat unknowable
Creator not created
Omnipotent saviour
Moving us to be more than
Enough, Connected together.
Become
Thinking More, Seeing God
As I think about how we become more, sometimes it’s just a matter of repeatedly just showing up eh? As we show up to events in life, being intentional about them, then our lives can be better shaped into being something just a bit more. It’s, in essence, how we become more like God eh?
Isaiah 41:8-10
But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called from its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Romans 12:1-2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
I’m impressed with all you got done!!
Thank you. I’ve been working hard lately! 🙂
I like your observation about showing up.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you. 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
Yes. I agree. My husband gave me some excellent advice years ago: Keep showing up. I have used that as a little push to get me out the door to jobs that were difficult. It worked. And when we keep showing up day by day to see what God has to say in the Bible, God will bless!
Thank you for your post! FMF#3
your hubby gave you excellent advice for sure!
Yes, Annette, I think we become more like Him when we are laying our lives down for our families…in love. Rejoicing with you in your wonderfully productive day, a beautiful time with family, and ending the day by capturing it all in writing. Beautiful!
Thank you Lisa. it was a good day indeed.
I think we often become better and more mature Christ-followers as we go through the everyday grinds of life, and we might not recognize that we have grown until there’s a crisis. God develops us in good times, bad times, and in the everyday – when we commit to being that living sacrifice. Good stuff. FMF22
Good thoughts Kym. appreciated.
We should definitely be caught up in something bigger, but I love how you mentioned consistently just showing up, the being not just the doing. That confirms what the Lord spoke to me about on Sunday – just keep showing up, keep being available – for Him. Thanks for sharing, Annette.
It’s hard sometimes to to become the person we are meant to be, but showing up, that at least gives us a chance right? A … working toward.
“Keep showing up.” A tough thing to do sometimes but definitely fitting for where you took this one. I enjoyed it.
it IS hard sometimes, especially when I’m tired and just want to mole away