"our cravings for a mountaintop experience--all we talk about is our planning for our time on the mountain. We must learn to live the ordinary 'gray' day according to what we saw on the mountain." (Oswald Chambers)
One thing about Oswald Chambers, he tells it like it is. Literally give me a sunny, bluebird kind of day and I'm ready for anything; but give me a gray, sunless day and I become gray and lifeless, too. Thank goodness I don't live in Seattle, I'd be miserable and worthless. Metaphorically speaking, it is difficult to continue to live from the vapors of mountain top euphoria when I'm living in the everyday valley. I'd rather be on a trip to a foreign country than a trip to the grocery store. I'd rather be enjoying a date with my husband than engaging in a tough conversation about finances. I'd rather be communing with fellow believers than living my faith in a non-believing world. I'm going to have to learn to embrace my entire life if I'm going to get the most out of every step of my journey.
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Good to hear that Im not the only one that thinks like that
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