Who said you couldn’t do it?
You weren’t smart enough, cool enough, talented enough?
Probably voices that we either shouldn’t be listening to or
we’re giving way too much credence.
Following Jesus is a permission slip.
It’s authorization to grab hold of the one and only life
we’ll ever know.
Not letting this day, hour, or moment slip by without some
awareness that we are the one person no one else can be.
It’s permission to go out and be someone.
Be someone who is unabashedly authentic.
Be someone who dances with fear - without denial or retreat.
Be someone who understands that God not only walks with us,
but magically works through us.
Sunday’s gospel is a trumpet in a phone booth.
It’s announcing divine authorization to take a charge at
life, to seize it, celebrate it, conquer it – to understand that we’ve got the
permission to be that person.
Out with the malaise. Pitch the lackluster enthusiasm. Get
off the couch. Take a run for the stars.
What’s that mean? Identifying our talents is easier than
listing the things that keep us from developing them. What are the roadblocks
that are keeping you and me from taking the risks before us? What are the hard
things we’re avoiding? BTW – don’t view this as condemnation. Dump the guilt -
it’s another roadblock. Don’t worry about forgiveness when you’ve got permission.
Fail - J.R. Briggs
