O.K., so all who truly know me understand I’m an over the hill lady who has never abandoned the regiment of endurance exercise. Thus, not a coincidence but a God incidence, a path surrounded, small lake rests outside my home. Its distance is ½ mile, and my mornings start with a dozen laps. Never one who’s motivated by what others think of me, I walk forward, backward and, at times, even sideward to try and keep all my old bones in relatively good working condition.
Those, clueless to my inner spirit, occasionally stop me and inquire, “Don’t you get tired of ‘circling’ the lake?” My reply is always, “I’m not ‘circling’ the lake. I’m ‘revolving and evolving’ around the beauty of God’s nature – be it marveling at creation or overwhelmed by the amazing qualities of God’s character.”
Worldly life, too often, rests in “circling”. Spiritual life, never often enough, awakens to “revolving and evolving”. Think about it. In our world, when we are in a “circling” pattern, we are waiting in limbo for something to change or happen. Be we circling the skies, the block, a parking lot, or life in general, we are getting nowhere, just waiting for the opportunity to get where or what we wish. “Revolving” implies pivoting and orbiting — moving around the core. “Evolving” equates to developing gradually.
No walk through life is ever meant to be “circling”. No matter where our feet, or feats, take us, we are meant to be “revolving” around God’s presence and presents while “evolving” into not only better brothers and sisters to each other, but also, more humbled and appreciative children of God.
Are you “circling” or “revolving and evolving” in your walk through life???
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 