It has been a long time – I keep saying that don’t I? I am not here on Friday…it is in the early Sunday morning AM time, but I am looking forward to joining in on another Five Minute Friday post. The rules are…free write for five minutes on the topic shared at the Five Minute Friday site run by the talented and generous Kate Motaung. Learn about Five Minute Friday here.
Today’s prompt – Success
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So here I am finally getting a chance to put my tush in the seat and write and I am flummoxed by the prompt. It is hard to feel success coursing through my veins when so much is happening. So many changes are taking place and I feel ill prepared. Also it has been a long time since I have written so if I am measuring success there…well…let’s not.
I looked recently at some old journals. It was nice reading my words. Then it was not so nice. It seems like I wrote so well and so fluid. And now, I feel like I am grasping and part of me honestly worries and wonders if there is something wrong with me or am I just sore and lax from not stretching my writing muscles. I sincerely hope it is the need to stretch. With a family history of Alzheimer’s it is still a worry. Silly? Maybe too deep a thought for something that is going to kick start a week (it is technically Sunday after all). Still, doubts come.
I have decided I cannot judge my success on what is coming from my fingertips right now. I will only be able to judge it from what is coming from my lips. This is not too terrible. My lips have been used pretty heavily lately to share words of encouragement via phone calls and my weekend shifts at the station. Lots of people call the radio station that I work at and many of them need prayer. Quite a few also need a set of ears to listen in and respond not in judgement but in thoughtful consideration. I have a few regulars on that end and it is an honor to share the love of Jesus with them. It is also humbling. That it seems to help them for a time is success…but it isn’t mine. This success really is when I put down the me and put on the love. When I stop what I need to do, and trust me I need to do a lot, and remember what I was called to do. Love like Jesus. When I can put down the to do list and be on time for the appointment God has given me right now instead of worrying about what must be done…that is success…and that is all about God.
Success is loving like Jesus. He is it all.
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I’m looking forward to starting up the 31 days of writing this Fall with 31 Days of 5 Minute Free Writes. There is still some time to sign up. Learn all about it here.
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