August 11, 2020
There’s a lot moving through us. This isn’t a movement for the world of art and creativity. We’re all experiencing mindsets and thoughts that instantly hit us then won’t checkout. They nag you like wild kids demanding chocolate. Your thoughts are unprepared for reality. Your way of thinking doesn’t always fit in but the goal is to still be heard. On this podcast episode the goal isn’t to push a thought out there and command a reader or listener to live by it. None of my stuff is designed for that. We’re just having a conversation. Swapping unpredictable experiences during a time when the pandemic is nothing compared to the uncertainty. I’m not afraid to ask questions and some of them hit me so hard that it weighs down the process of progress. Are we presently living in an age where it’s time to walk into a forest or garden and kneel? And in that moment of “Now” we take every gift shared with us through life and give it back. Most of us aren’t even using half the talent shared. We keep it! Give it back. I call it teaching forward. Your gifts in life. Teach them forward! So often the lessons we are pushing into the future are based on situations that are decades old or have been part of the family for three generations. The world doesn’t have room for that. Teach forward. Take what is in your “Now” and teach it forward. We’re all learning newer ways to survive. As unnatural as it feels is as beautiful as it looks in our hearts. No generation before us has been where we presently live. Don’t wait to teach it. Teach it forward. In giving your talent back it clears your heart and head. We’re going to need more room for what’s about to truly hit us. We’ve been stuck in a mode of watching movie trailers. The feature film is set to begin. The more weight you’re carrying the more likely you’re going to trip over ambition. The goal is to remain. Remain strong. Remain heard. Remain present. Remain. While walking at sunrise this morning a thought was handed to me. What would Jesus do? Not Jesus in the book! Jesus! In the present. No history lessons connected. Standing right here facing a wall of growing uncertainty. I know what we’ve been taught. It’s really easy to hit the verses. But stop. You know what you’ve gone through in the everyday you’ve been gifted. Out of all of those lessons do any of them serve as a tool during your place inside uncertainty? What would Jesus do? In every story you’ve read and or were preached about you know the outcome. But in that moment of Now before Peter took that step onto water. Before the physical activation of gaining the confidence. That’s where we stand in this pandemic, unrest, earthquakes, hurricanes and more. We knew what Jesus did after Peter lost his focus. In the moment of Now what would Jesus do? That’s where the real lesson begins. Not in the moments after they happen. Teach forward.