Stuck

There are so many things in life that get us stuck.  We don't realize it half the time.  We get what we would like to call "comfortable," when actually we are sitting in a pothole ceasing to move forward.

I believe Quad City-ons (ites? ers?) have this problem.  You may or may not have heard me say these kinds of things about the Quad Cities before.  I don't want you to misunderstand me, I don't hate the Quad Cities.  And although you may disagree with me, I believe that you don't either.  

That's why you have so much to say about it.  That's why sometimes the Quad Cities makes you slam your fist on the table, pisses you off... yet sometimes makes you glad.  Sometimes you can't imagine living anywhere else, away from friends, family and the life you've built here.

Let me speak out of experience.  I had the opportunity to live half the country away from the Quad Cities.  And yeah, it was fun.  Yeah, it was different.  Yeah, I met people who liked me and I liked them.  But luckily (or... spiritually, rather) through my relationship with Jesus I just could not escape God's voice calling me back to the place that HE had strategically placed me.

So back to what I was saying.  We get stuck.  We run in circles and get into routines.  Take some time today or tomorrow and do something out of the ordinary.  Try putting on the eyes of an outsider or a child.  Get up early and watch the sunrise or take the time in the evening to go watch the sunset.

Then ask God to reveal to you what routines in your life have replaced or blocked the next fresh step that He wants you to take.

Take a risk.  You never know...