McManus' DESTINY Entry #7 talked about our inner calling, our destiny and the signs trying to get us to pay attention to it. He brings out the Spielberg classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I'll always remember the scene where this family' crazed dad grabs the mashed potatoes at dinner one night and starts molding them with the serving spoon and then (I think) with his hands. He's trying to piece together images and signs he's getting and make sense of it all. Those around him, of course, think he's completely out of his skull.
I think the author takes a risk by assuming that others share this same kind of experience: where God sends signs that we begin to piece together, realizing that there's a entity outside of ourselves -- a God we don't know -- that is drawing us to Himself. It was that way for me, and it was that way for the author, but I wonder if it's that way for all of us. I guess his risk is probably warranted, but I usually hesitate to make that jump until I've had a chance to really think about it. Is this experience universal? I guess it is. That's what's fun about "connecting" with a book, blog, movie or song -- when someone shares an experience that's real and personal for them and it describes our own journey as well.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at October 2, 2007 09:07 AMsometimes it is scary to me. I have had a lot of positive 'path-markers' along my way and but then sometimes I am overwhelmed and wonder if it is just my imagination and creativity putting it all together - but I love the Lord and want His will, not mine in my life - and have told Him that countless times. it sometimes seems like all my dreams could come true but I would never presume on God like that, I just have to wait and pray and serve in any way He allows me to, and be abundantly thankful for all the fulfillment I find along the way!
Posted by: danelle at October 2, 2007 04:00 PM