'Destination Disease'....

I am not a morning person....at all! I would love to be able to leisurely wake from my slumber, enjoy a cup of tea, a bowl of granola and fat free yoghurt and spend an hour in meditation and prayer. However instead I have an anti-sleep, day embracing 2 year old, a husband, 2 fish, washing to do (clothes and body), and a face to put on. I usually only manage a slice of toast and cuppa.....in the shower.....with the 2 year old! So in an attempt to start the day right I get an email called Word For Today which consists of a bible reading and some thoughts to ponder. Friday's one was a corker so I thought I must share with you.....

"My life is worth nothing...unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord. Acts 20:24

There's an old saying: 'If you love your job you'll never work a day in your life.' That's not quite true. Most people work hard. But even when they love their job they still have to do things they don't like to do. They give effort above and beyond what's comfortable. It's probably more accurate to say that if you're doing something you believe in, the hard work you do will bring you deep satisfaction. Novelist Ursula K. Le Guin stated, 'It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.' Some folks suffer from 'destination disease.' They think that arriving at a certain place in life will bring them happiness. What a shame. Because the reality is that many times when we arrive, we discover that it wasn't what we expected. If you become fixated on a destination you can miss the great things that happen along the way. You miss the joy of today. If you're convinced that 'someday' is going to be your best day, you won't put enough into today-or get enough out of it. If you're not doing something significant with your life, it doesn't matter how long it is. It's not enough just to survive; you need a reason to live. This is where Christ comes in: He will give you new life, and add purpose to your life-plus the power to fulfil that purpose. D. L. Moody once said, 'Let God have your life; He can do more with it than you can."

I spent 5 years in a job which I really didn't love, at all. It was only once I left that I recognised how valuable my time was there and how much God was using it to prepare me for my next role. If only I had enjoyed the journey a bit more at the time. It might not have taken me five years to learn the lessons God was trying to teach me before he moved me on!