I think my "big Picture" or lesson or theme for 2011 is going to be "It's not going to look like you thought it would." or how about "Expect the unexpected" is that Riley's believe it or not?
Recently God has been showing me in scripture that my life is not going to look like I expected. That may not be any new revelation for most people but I'm a classic dreamer, romantic and enterpernueral type. Those are all different sides of the same coin. I'm always looking beyond and find it difficult to live in the moment. It goes along with my "enough-is-never-enough" filter. Comes from my childhood and I won't bore you with those details, however it's a flawed filter and performance based, which is counter to Grace (by the way).
So back to the thought . . .
There are tons of events in my life that document that statement, "its not going to look like you think it will." So I'm reading Matthew 5:1-12 which we know as the beatitudes. Interesting word "beatitude". It's not in Scripture so it was added for our convenience but I don't think the means it's not a divinely ordained word for this section. Unique word, coined by someone who probably got this long ago. I'll probably come back to this again later as I continue to study this section of scripture. . . again I digress. . .
Today I was lazor-beamed on "upside down" living. What they expected and what Jesus offers. Jesus had a group of greenhorns around him and a crowd at the bottom of the hill, looking for help; and he teaches this group about upside down living; its different than what you think. The law was/is important but he wanted their heart to go beyond obedience to a deeper level. "The law says love your brother, but I say love your enemy" upside down living, not the expected message from this prophet, Messiah, Rabbi and soon to be Savior. See what I mean.
So in light of that, I must ask, Is your life what you expected? What's the reality of your life? As I continue to explore the beatitudes, I'm excited to see what's so "blessed" about this "upside down" living.
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I like what you say about the reality of our lives and what we expect. Mine is in some ways what I expected, but in others most definately NOT what I expected. I so understand having difficulty living in the moment as God would have me do.
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