In the moment

it takes just a split second to make a bad decision and seems like it takes a lifetime of practice to make a good one in the moment.

in the moment...yeah, that's my problem.

I think they have another couple words for it. Self -control. In the blink of an eye, I can go from the resolve to do right- to hold back words that shouldn't be uttered- to obeying the urging inside to "speak out." Funny, I also miss it and hold back words that should be spoken- in the moment.

my true problem is that a lifetime of "in the moments" build habits and character for better or worse.

Missing in Action

I have been missing for a while. Living but not really present. Stifling my heart and denying my soul for lesser things. Dutiful things, fleshly things, fulfilling others dreams while denying your own. If God is at the helm of this, there can be some benefit. Joseph in prision, Moses in exile, me serving a congregation in need.

But there is a time to pursue passionately what you have been called to do. To get out of the prision, face the Pharaoh and stand up for what you were created to do. A time to swallow hard and take the first step to do what He has put in your heart to do. A time to not look back or around but ahead.

A time to face the wind.