The Pursuit.....

I think we come out of the womb ...in pursuit. First we want food, then we want to crawl, then we want to walk...our pursuits continue. It is interesting looking back at the intensity of the pursuit.

I can remember, after being married, asking what my mom wanted for her birthday, christmas, etc. She said she had it all. I think my inward reaction was, "yeah right". I was still in pursuit.

There are a lot of avenues this blog can go in at this point - both spiritual and human.

I will continue on the human realm for a minute. I am not a strong personality - so my pursuits might be a little less strong (not sure about that). I can remember telling my mom when I was a teenager, "my life will be complete once I am married and have kids." She seemed a bit surprised as I wasn't even interested in dating at the time.

I can remember going to college - living in the dorm. They had this thing called a "ringdown". Around 11:00 pm after the doors were closed, the top RA would ring all the rooms down to the lobby area. Then she would call all the girls from one of the many floors to sit in a circle. At that point, she would hand one of them a lit candle - and the candle would go around until someone blew it out. The person that blew it out had just got engaged to be married. As I watched this - my pursuit of "the ring" continued. I wanted to be the girl that blew out the candle.

First the pursuit of the ring, then marriage and a house, then the kids. In the midst of all that - there is the pursuit of making your family happy, decorating the home, all the various needs.

Here I am, married for 25 years and finally, if my kids ask me what I want for my birthday, christmas, etc - all I want, is time with them - a lunch, a walk, a trip to the store.

Actually, like anything - the journey to the pursuit is to be cherished.

My pursuit for time with the Lord should be as pursued...