It starts when we are young in the neighborhood. We play kickball, and
watch as the bigger kids are better than us. "I can do that when I'm bigger,"
we think, and they are our heroes. Then it's Little League, with tryouts, and
although you barely make it in, you think "my time is coming, in a couple of
years I'll be bigger, too." Then it's high school-I may be just a freshman, but
next year I can try out for varsity. College calls, and as we get older, the
competition is tougher, and our view of our heroes changes. Where once the
older kickball player was our hero, now we admire the varsity QB, and the hero
worship goes on. Until we find that what we have been desiring will only change
once we get there, or have attained it. And that the trip there was more fun
than the destination.
I couldn't wait for a bigger bike, and when I went from 350cc to 600cc, my
friend had a 750. So my next bikes were 900's, and the race went on. Each bike
demanding as much from me as I demanded from it-both coming with a price. Big
surprise when you discover the police don't care you can go 136mph-and send you
to jail, impounding your bike. Or they don't care how fast you get to 60-you
just are displaying speed, not racing-the ticket reads. And as the cost of
ownership gets higher, we start to look back at how it was more fun on the
350-and with the new bikes I have to go faster to get the same thrill. It was
once said of MG's, the iconic English sports car, that it was so much fun to
drive because it always felt like you were going faster than you really were.
Maybe that is why they aren't around anymore, and why when I see kids playing
kickball I wish to join them. Not to be the hero, just to play-and have fun
again!
So I wish to declare a campaign to bring back the F word. F-U-.....N-FUN!
That we start to enjoy what we have, and enjoy those friends and family God has
blessed us with. Rather than waiting for that next promotion, next trip, next
faster ride-let's enjoy what we have now. And smile-one of the key ingredients
to fun is revealed in a smile. It is just like Gomer said when riding in
Barney's new car, "I'm sick as a dog, but having the time of my life." Let's
have fun-for today is the time of your life! Without getting sick in your new
car.
God tells us to be happy with what we have. Enjoy today-even with all the
problems, for each one reminds us of the need for Jesus in our life. Let Him be
your hero-try to top Him in anything! I'll take Him anytime for my kickball
team. Or baseball. What a cleanup hitter. But yet in life we treat Him like
the freckled, red hair kid who can't catch, when choosing sides. "You take Him,
I have a good team today," and then put Him in right field. Where somehow all
the balls go, and He catches them all. And you find out, "He isn't so bad after
all," just give Him the chance.
He works in real life, too. Trust Him in small things, and soon the big
things become small when He is in charge. He knows your needs, so who better to
meet them? So don't put Him in right field, where you think He won't do any
harm-you mean He isn't a set of rules and thou shalt nots? Put Him where the
action is-build a team around Him. In life we call it church, and with so many
churches failing or changing names and leaving Him out, why not build your life
around the one who is the rock? The solid foundation? The one of whom God says
if He doesn't build the house, they labor in vein? And start to enjoy life with
Jesus. Enjoy church, enjoy the things God has blessed you with, and have
FUN!
So that's my campaign speech. Elect Jesus. Bypass all the politics, and
the broken promises and dreams of life. Trust God and watch as this thing
called enjoyment enters your life, and vocabulary. Where you enjoy life at the
speed you are going, no matter how fast it feels. Look forward to tomorrow,
because there is so much joy in today. Put Jesus first. Just like the Bible
says-and He'll add everything else. And at prices you can afford...
Remember when full throttle was fun? Here's your chance... trust God. And
enjoy life. What a teammate. Why wait? Hey, what good is fun if you don't
enjoy it?
love with compassion,
Mike
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