A Divine Double Shot, Hold The Foam

May 14, 2009

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David “NakedPastor” Hayward is a pastor, artist, cartoonist, and someone who from the distance of the internet seems like a pretty rock solid, live authentically kind of guy. If you know any different then by all means send me the juicy scandal but until then I’d encourage you to visit his blog if you don’t already. You’ll benefit from stopping by.

David has the ability to communicate in a cartoon what I could never do with a thousand words and this morning was no exception, particularly since I was at Starbucks savoring my first blessed gulp from an iced skinny vanilla latte with two Splendas, extra ice, cradles in my mock double-insulated Starbucks tumbler. Just another time when David’s cartoon make me clutch my heart at the same time he made me smile.

Maybe I’m the only one and the rest of you are the spiritual giants I’ve always imagined you to be but in my Christian walk I have to come back time and again to being sure that it’s actually God that’s God in my life. Now, the fact is that what I most desire with every breath I take is that God would always be God in my heart, head, words, and actions. I yearn for God to be the One to whom I first turn, the One in whom I rely, the One and only One who remains the unchallenged priority of all my days, and the One who possesses the greater part of my attention, adoration, and trust. That’s what I want more than anything else but I have this little problem I haven’t yet been able to find a way to work around. I’m human. Bright shiny objects distract me, cheap replacements lure me, and I have to contend continually with my tenacious hold on trying to come off to myself and the rest of the world as being self-reliant and capable of controlling and managing my own life which begs the question, Who do I think I’m kidding?! I need God in a desperately needy entangled sort of way, and how fortunate for me because even before I knew how much I needed God, God had already promised to be my all and all and everything. My only part in the equation is that I spend my life coming back and around again to keeping God as the solo performer on the center stage of my heart. All God asks is that I keep my eyes on Him/Her and my heart tuned into God’s Spirit and when I stop to think about it, it doesn’t seem that much to ask of me given all that God has committed to be and do for me.

It’s actually a pretty sweet deal.

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