Enjoy the Ride

This year, I felt God calling me to discover the "basics".  Sounds vague doesn't it!

 Sometimes life gets so overcomplicated.  I sometimes find myself digging into a deep hole of trying to find the "best way" to carry out my days on this Earth. I want to know how my Father intended me to live out this fleeting moment.  I don't want to get caught up in the rapid flow of the world.  Instead, I want to be carried in the flow by my Creator.  I think that means, doing things differently. 

Sometimes I don't even think I know who "I" am so much.   But I do know I want to be AUTHENTIC! I want meaningful relationships.  I want to LOVE this journey! The ups and the downs....because it's all GOD!

I want to live in the moment.  Cliche', yes, but to really notice the beauty of the place of the stream I'm on, not looking ahead to see where the other fish are! I think all too often we miss Him because we focus too much on what others have that we don't.  

I want to be genuinely happy in the moment with an attitude of THANKS!  When I am thinking about who I can tell about my happiness, I'm probably not really "getting" it.  I'm still trying to please people. But when I'm loving life and giving thanks is enough, that's authentic.  

I want genuine relationships, where authentic is sometimes ugly!  I don't want to have to pretend I'm working the "formula" to have friends.  I want my life to be super intwined with my Daddy, so that I am not looking to others to verify my actions!  

So what does this "basic" mean?

So far, I've figured out it means being still.  Really listening and trusting God.  Not trying to fix things or people, but learning to love and forgive.  Recognizing old patterns and knowing that even though they arise, they do not define me.  Learning from the hard stuff!  Sitting with the hard stuff when I don't know what else to do.  Somewhere, there's the key to the next door.  This is basics.  

I don't have to know any formulas really.  Being really really present and open to learn from experiences is the only formula I need.  Jesus solved them all.  I just have to rest in Him.  I feel like for the first time in my life, I'm learning what my identity in Christ means.  And it has by no means been "normal".  God has led me in some new streams, but I'm enjoying this ride.  After all, isn't the one who created us the best Captain to choose!