Have you ever misplaced something only to discover it “right under your noise”? What and where was it? Why did you fail to see it right away? (Serendipity Bible 10th Anniversary Edition, pp 1017-8).
The
item I am most likely to misplace is my glasses. I have several set
locations I usually place them upon removing them—either on the
dresser top or on my desk. Lord help me if I ever put them somewhere
else where I do not habitually place them. I will look for them in
the usual locations, and when not there panic sets in. I know only
too well that I can (when it is time to go to work) spend valuable
minutes looking for them with the desperate thought that I may not
find them at all. I am then way out of my comfort zone.
This
is an example of how comfort zones based upon habitual behavior
normally assist us, yet can be limiting. The obvious benefits of
habitual behavior can carry with it the downside risk that possible
better options remain forever unexplored. I am an inveterate
“homebody”. I love where I live and venture out elsewhere only
after struggling with this tendency towards comfortable inertia. But
like our visit last week in the mountains of Georgia, it can be
deeply restorative of spirit to venture out every now and then and
get fresh perspectives. My prayer today is that I learn to panic less
when I sense the boat I'm on is pushing off shore—may I then have
the presence of mind to replace the familiar comforts of habit with
abiding faith.
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