A Reason for My "Likes"

   Why do I do the things I do, and why do I choose or like to do them?

   Why do I like to get up early?
   Why do I like the quiet of this time?
   Why do I read the things I do?
   Why do I like to walk and think about things?

   I could answer these questions in this post, but that is not where I am headed, at least I could give surface answers that look or sound good, but then I reflect on what one of my readings talked about.

 A question....Is there some disconnect between my time spent here in the quiet morning and my life lived on the other side of these minutes? Should there be more of a sense of a changed life that results from these few minutes?

   I read this prayer from the Moravian Text:

   "Lord, sometimes we separate belief from works
   love for You from love for others
   good news as spiritual path from good news as transformed society
   End this schism
   lead us to inner holiness and outer service
   professions of faith and protections for the least in our society
   and reverence of You and love for others
   Amen"

   So, I ask myself, "Does all of this reading good things, reflecting on God and His will for me, or praying for strength and guidance, make any difference? Is it just for me or is it beneficial to anyone else? Is it important, or just one of my "likes"? Do I live two lives, one in this room and in this time, and the other outside in my world?"

   I am encouraged to continue my observance of these quiet times, but also to let that spill over into the way I live with others. I sense that there is not much use in the former if the latter is not changed for the better.

   So, my prayer is for a life that lives out what I learn, a life that not only experiences God in the quiet times, but sees Him in the rest of life as well, and not only sees but serves.

   Amen