Clay in the Hands

Hello.  My name is Brian and I am an addict.  I am a tech junkie.

Seriously,  I am a techie to some degree.  Laptop, iPhone, iPod, eReaders – they all have found their way into my daily routine.  In fact, for those who know me well, you know that if my phone goes down, so does my brain.  I access my calendar, To Do list, address book, email and everything else from my phone.  I am addicted.

Thanks to one of my former pastors, I am also a loyal Apple nerd.  So when they introduced the iPad last year, my salivary glands went into overtime.  I would make sure, if ever near an Apple store, to go in and check out the device.  I struggled for several months on how I could justify getting one.  Then as some of my friends began getting them, I developed iPad envy.  So I began saving my money – a little here, a little there.  Finally, just before Christmas, I had saved enough.  Then I read the rumor that the iPad 2 would be in the stores sometime after the first of the year – so I have been waiting.  The latest rumor is that it will be sometime in April before we see them.

So I wait.

Our life in The Way is often like this – if we aren’t careful.  We feel God moving us in a direction and we find ourselves waiting on the opportunity to spring into action.  But what do we do in the meantime – during the wait.  The correct answer is not normally, “nothing.”

God gave us gifts and talents and passions and the last time I checked, there are lots of opportunities to serve.  So what God is teaching me (as painful as it is) is that even though I may be waiting, I don’t have the luxury of sitting.

How about you?  What are you waiting on?

(Unfortunately, I do have to continue to wait on my iPad – hurry Apple, hurry)