Sunday, January 13

Transition

Thoughts on the transition …




Once I started on this journey of waking up to living and love, I never could be claimed back to the old patterns of plodding through the motions of “being spiritual for all the world to see.” It began as a process of realizing just how short life is, and how soon it all passes by. I became more and more unwilling to use my “time, talents, and treasure” (so to speak) on anything that did not feel natural and true to whom I was inside. I no longer had the desire to argue beliefs with those I loved. It all seemed like a dead end of only liking those who believed like I did. Although to be honest, I wondered if I still believed in anything any more.

While I had patience for learning to experience life in new ways, I had no patience at all for engaging in dead and tired expressions of religion that I had once embraced. I once thought that being a church leader was the highest calling I could live out. Now I believe that the highest and most fulfilling use of my life is just letting it unfold one conversation at a time. Where will it lead and what will I become as I spend my days away from what I was told was a “life calling?” I have no clue. But I’m excited to wake up each day and find out. As I have said as of late: “If God is Love, then I’m into that”. Let life begin.

Thanks for listening again. And remember, if you need to talk, you can call me anytime at 419-783-9593. Or shoot me an email at shokthegerman@gmail.com. If you ever get to Defiance, Ohio, we need to have a meal together. Seriously, I have the time now. J

Jim Schoch … err … Shok … err … Shok the German
http://shokthegerman.blogspot.com/

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