Inconsistency

So I was thinking to myself about this blog. Should I make it like a weekly thing? Twice a week? Maybe just wait a month. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I was trying to put myself in a time slot, creating imaginary deadlines for myself like this whole thing was an assignment. Not a good thought, especially with school being the last thing I want to think about. The idea of "free expression" would rely on the fact that nothing is "forced". Nothing should be considered too early or too late. Thus, I have posted twice in two days. Hooray for a little spontaneity. (I may or may not have made up that entire segment just to have an excuse to make another blog post.)

But, now that I'm already on the topic. Why is it that we always seek to have stability in our lives? Case in point, I spent HOW long deciding whether or not I should post today just because I had already done one yesterday? What am I afraid I will run out of ideas? That I'll just stop thinking? That if I inscribe my thoughts today I have set myself up for a pattern of doing so everyday? Most likely the last one. So often do we find ourselves seeking routine, not looking for variation in our day-to-day. Not that we don't EVER stray from the norm. But it usually is planned, something we prepare ourselves for. I have found myself on numerous occasions planning to do something "spontaneous", which is simply a mockery of the word. Yuck for that. What I want is true spontaneity, not something you can predict at timed intervals. Mixed intervals as my education classes would say. Go figure, actually picked something up from those classes. That, and how to run a classroom based purely on Powerpoints and TV show clips. Money well spent.

I just recently finished a book called The Shack by Pastor William Paul Young. An amazing read and incredibly life-changing for me. I always love to find useful applications for books besides using them for fire kindling. I learned that one from Fahrenheit 451. Yes I read sometimes, but I'm actually illiterate at heart. I dare you to figure out what that means. Anyway, getting back from the side of the tracks, one of the lines repeated a couple times in The Shack was, "nothing is a ritual." I found that resonating in my mind for quite a while. I actually had to put the book down for a second and really think about that one. THAT deep. Put simply, we like to make "rituals" in our lives. We like to have our scheduled programming of things to do. I remember in high school having to write a technical paper describing, with excruciating detail,  one of our daily "rituals". I think I picked getting up in the morning. I must have confused "ritual" with "chore". My alarm clock is now currently across the room. And while these rituals are not exactly "wrong" we do need to step back from the norm more often than we already do.

I find that when it comes to thoughts about faith, rituals can be a dangerous thing. If I knew one thing, it would be that God loves me beyond all things possible. If I knew two things (this is dangerous thinking right here), it would be that, and that complacency in faith is not something you want to be a part of. Definitely not the cool kids club. If we create rituals for ourselves and do the same things at the same times at the same places, we are lulling ourselves to sleep. Who wants to be sleepin' when God's a-callin'? Not me no sirree. Consistency in faith is good, but I will challenge you one better. Be better in your faith than the day before. Make an extra effort to surpass what you've done. It won't always happen, but that state of mind allows God to work in you. And what's better than that eh?

I don't write because I expect people to listen and do as I say. I write because I believe, if it is truth, it will resonate with my readers. I just hope to plant some seeds.

P.S. And don't expect all my posts to be about faith. These are just things I think about. I think about faith often as it just so happens :)

P.P.S. You probably should just not expect anything. Hoping for things is much more beneficial.

P.P.P.S. I had to share: if you read the line above, it looks like, "Pee-pee's" hehehe!