Airplane Seatbelts...

I was on an airplane the other day & I had a question - why are there seatbelts on airplanes? What good are they really going to serve if & when we crash? I've NEVER heard a report about an airplane crash - that told whether the people were or weren't wearing their seatbelts...“Johnny was the lone survivor…he had his seatbelt on”…Why? It's just not relevant...

I wonder if I have those same types of things in life – things I do...say...think...feel...places I go…people I hang out with…that serve no real purpose in my life…People, places or things that are there – because they always have been - not really knowing when they started or why they continue...

I'm one of those airplane rebels - when they tell me to fasten the seatbelt “firmly in place” - I pull my shirt tail over the belt & wear it “loosely”...ALL because it’s uncomfortable & I don't see the point of it to start with. Now if I could be as willing to identify those airplane seatbelts in the rest of my life & begin to rebel against them too - because I don’t see the point of them being in my life & they make the journey more uncomfortable…

Does God Speak in Dreams

They say - the people who study these things - that we average 6 or so dreams per night. Though we typically don't remember them, there is from time to time a dream that just can't be forgotten...Why is that? What purpose might that have spiritually?
The Bible lets us know that God speaks to us in dreams - as well as with other means...Why might He use a dream to speak to us though?
Well, think about it - when you are awake - ALL of your filters are on...your defenses are up...your arguments are in place...And though he speaks - by the time his word gets through all of that - often we have concluded - it was nothing more than our own thought - at best. BUT - not with dreams. When we are asleep, all of those things are out of the way...God can get to us without anything in the way - no filter...argument...defenses...etc...
So, perhaps from time to time - like in days of old - God still chooses to speak to us in a way that can't be negated by ALL of our stuff. So, next time you wake up & have a dream that just can't be forgotten - consider if God might have chosen to speak to you in that way - just because you wouldn't listen or couldn't hear Him in any other...

Inside Out Socks...

I was at the washing machine the other day - which doesn't happen often - but it happens...
Have you ever put socks in the washer - inside out...Funny thing - though they go through the same wash cycle as everything else - they don't come out as clean...Why is that? Because - they weren't prepared for the washer...

It dawned on me - Spiritually I can be a lot like that too...I can talk with God...Go to church...Read the Word...Hang out with other Christ-followers...Spend time in prayer...etc...And not come out quite like I am supposed to...Why? I wasn't prepared...What's that look like?
Not being focused...Not being ALL there...Not giving it my all...Just not being into it like I know that I should...
Yep - I hate turning socks inside out - after the wash - it just doesn't get it done...
It's like going through the motions & not much really happening...I have to guard against that too...