Clay in the Hands

I was reading over some notes I took from a seminar this past summer with Ruth Haley Barton and I began to have ideas for a blog post dealing with what she said.  But for some reason, as I meditated on how to put my thoughts into words, it dawned on me – most of my posts lately have been pretty  serious.  I mean, I hope that you have found some glimmer of benefit from some of them, but by and large, the content has been fairly heavy.

Soooo – today, something different.  Today, we talk about fun.

Why in the world would someone who is not a follower of Christ want to choose a life that he or she perceives as dull, boring and demanding?  Answer – he or she won’t!  The life of a Christian should be fun, exciting and filled with adventure.  Is yours?

Here is what I want you to do – quit reading this and go have some fun.

Ok – you are still reading!  That can mean only one of two things.  Either you aren’t paying attention or you don’t even remember how to have fun.  If you fall into the first category – go back to the top of this post and start over.  If, however, you fall into the category of not knowing how to have fun, here are some suggestions:

• Go to lunch with someone for no reason at all
• Take off early, rent a movie and just kick back this evening
• Go out to a nice dinner with your significant other
• Pull out  a game you haven’t played in a while and get the kids gathered around the table and have a game night
• Read a book that has nothing to do with your job or anything else you could actually learn from
• Get on the intercom in your office and keep paging yourself (don’t even disguise your voice)

Be creative – God has a great sense of humor!

HAVE FUN!!!!!