I wonder how many of the musicians/celebrities of the scene we cover mow their own lawns. I bet Rob Beckley of Pillar does. I mean, he told me in an interview once about his lawn. I asked him something like: "...in contrast to the negative things we hear about the body of Christ, Chrsitians acting mean, etc; what is one of the most beautiful things you've seen a Christian do?" And he told me a story about his pastor. This guy pastors a fairly big church in the Tulsa area, I believe, and Rob's wife was about to have a baby and Rob was busy with touring, etc, and this pastor mowed Rob's lawn. Rob was blown away by this "bigshot" guy doing such an act of service for him. It really spoke to his heart. From the details of that story, though, it makes me think that Rob is usually the one that mows his lawn.
Mowing lawns and other such mundane chores allow one's mind to wander. It doesn't take a lot of mental energy to keep a gas-powered mower going in the right direction, cutting the grass; so the mind wanders. It's times like these that I often have creative thoughts. Ideas will come to me that I can put into use.
One thing I've kind of discovered is that when we have an outlet -- especially a "creative outlet," then God seems to supply us with the creativity we need to do those things. When the opportunity to use the creativity is there, it flows. When it's not there, not so much.
I guess you can tell I mowed my lawn today (at least part of it).
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Posted by Doug Van Pelt at September 25, 2008 12:14 AM