Now we’re beginning to cross over to where the rubber meets the road, beyond theory and into exercise. As I ponder today’s chapter I consider the idea of having “margin” in our life.
Remember back in the day of notebooks/notepads/ paper you’d take notes on in class. A large empty headers with margins on each side of the paper. You weren’t intended to write on the whole sheet, you were intended to write between the margins. If you do that, and you then need to add something, you have some margin to deal with that. A great illustration for how we fill up our lives. If we’re smart, we’d leave some margin, some space that’s not filled up.
To speak of the spiritual disciplines talked about in this chapter is generally met with a margin type issue, “I don’t have time for that.” As the book so cleverly stated ,” The person who intends to will what God wills must first know what God wills!!” It’s in the course of spiritual disciplines that we shut down some of our desires to hear what God desires for us. Some space is needed in our lives to reorder what’s there.
Spend some time in silence and discover what you might hear. Discover what other type of appetite might feed you rather than just bread alone. Consider (and do!!) an act of service that is a blessing to your church or community. Start off in some small way and see what God might have to teach you through your obedience and making some room!!
Truth, Grace, and Time 