revisit...

a revisit of... "today"... originally posted on 2/2/09...

some nuggets of gold here that are worth the repeat... if you have ears to hear and eyes to see...

cast away the distractions...
starve your flesh...
silence your soul...
quiet your mind...
and listen...

hear the... potent... powerful... penetrating... yet ever so gentle whisper of the SPIRIT speaking... to you... "today"... receive it.

let it water the parched parts of your soul... apply it... so you can live it out for all your "tomorrow's"... in JESUS' amazing name...



today.

well... its about 1 am on feb the 2nd... and its raining here in sydneyland... and well it should... after another hot, sunny, beautiful, australian day down unda... we could use it...and I guess that’s where I’ll start... with the day... today... which is significant for many reasons... after all... all we really have is this day... and now its over, only to start a new day again... tomorrow or today depending on where u r right now... okay... so my point is this... we are not promised tomorrow... and all we get are a bunch of todays that lead us into all of our tomorrows... so instead of living for all our tomorrows, we need to make the most of our todays cuz our today determines our tomorrow... get it?... it’s what gets us to the tomorrows... the ones we dream of anyway... ok, more about this lata...

anyway, i have been here just over one week now and i am finally getting settled in a bit... it’s been hard, but not nearly as hard as it could be or even should be given the fact that i left one version of my life only to begin another in a new place on the other side of the planet... seems exciting, seems exotic, seems adventurous, seems to be the stuff dreams are made of... yep... all true... but what most don’t see or understand is the cost... the price to pay for such an adventure... for such a GOD given dream... its high!!!... and at times, it feels even HIGHER than high!!!... but, just cuz it feels that way, doesn’t make it so...

for the past month or so, i have been indeed feeling the very weight of that cost ALOT!!! singin the silent tune of woe is me... look what i left!!!... look what i gave up!!!... look where i am!?!?... how did i get here!?!?....where did the VISION go that was once so clear?!?!...UGGHHH?!?!... missing the land of familiar terribly!!! and consumed with recounting, recalling and reflecting on how i got to this very place...

however... today, i had this revelation... well actually a few revelations...

#1 being- i haven’t actually paid a dime of this so called cost i speak of... that the true cost would have come if i chose to settle and not take GOD at HIS magnificent WORD... and after all... if we're gonna talk about cost... then let’s talk about cost... HE gave it all... HE paid the price... HE became the cost... so we didn’t have to... ever... selah... pause and think about that...

what if i settled for less than GOD’s best... what if i didn’t actually step out of the “boat” with eyes of faith into ARMS OF LOVE... what would i have missed today?...what i would i miss tomorrow? who would i not become that i could be... that i should be? that i was born to be... for such a time as this...

oh and btw... it's never too late to start... just in case ur pondering...

revelation #2 – our days matter... even if they seem boring, redundant, trite...etc. etc. etc... they matter and they have more worth than u may realize... life is not big occasions... life is... ordinary moments that lead into ordinary days strung together in extraordinary ways...

so... with that said... the silent tunes have ceased and still... i can't shake this fire burning deep inside my heart... which is the very reason i am here in this place and at this place... the very reason of how i got here and why i am here... and the very reason why i left the land of familiar... cuz after all the recounting, recalling and reflecting... i realized that the GOD given dream has actually been realized... yes... “been” as in past the tense...

which brings me to revelation #3... and the parts that have yet to physically materialize... well, that’s ok too, cuz... they're already mine... i don’t have to see it to believe it... i just do... i just know... cuz i know HIM... and that's more than enough...

so, one day, a long time ago... i made a decision on an ordinary day... that changed my life... and each day after that... and after that.... and after that... i have made decisions on ordinary days that have continued to shape and change my life ... and because of those decisions on those ordinary days...i have now entered my GOD ordained destiny and walk in the fullness of all those beautiful promises from all those past tomorrows... extraordinary...

selah... now that's something to think about...

FYI- for all you practical cats out there who have lots of questions and want lots of details about life down unda... stay posted for lots of awzzie details and updates... aussie aussie aussie oy oy oy...

peace... jmo