it helps to be moving
I just got linked to a great blog on "moving." Blaine Smith writes:
In his Chronicles, Volume One, Bob Dylan reflects on the setting that he believes best enables him and others to compose music. It is one, he explains, that is anything but stationary: “You can write a song anywhere, in a railroad compartment, on a boat, on horseback--it helps to be moving.” He adds, “Sometimes people who have the greatest talent for writing songs never write any because they are not moving.”
Isn't it fascinating that most of the biblical Epiphanies happen when people are on the move. Jonah is running from God. Paul is on the road to Damascus. Jacob is fleeing Esau. David is on the run hiding out in caves.
It's tough for me to pray when I'm not moving. I'm a prayer walker. My best praying happens when I'm moving. It helps to be moving! I don't just pray best when I'm moving. I also think best when I'm on the move. And I love to write on airplanes! I think there is a time to "be still and know that I am God." But God also has a way of revealing himself when we're "on the move" too!
I find this single insight--"it helps to be moving"--absolutely intriguing. It just resonates with my personal experience.
In his Chronicles, Volume One, Bob Dylan reflects on the setting that he believes best enables him and others to compose music. It is one, he explains, that is anything but stationary: “You can write a song anywhere, in a railroad compartment, on a boat, on horseback--it helps to be moving.” He adds, “Sometimes people who have the greatest talent for writing songs never write any because they are not moving.”
Isn't it fascinating that most of the biblical Epiphanies happen when people are on the move. Jonah is running from God. Paul is on the road to Damascus. Jacob is fleeing Esau. David is on the run hiding out in caves.
It's tough for me to pray when I'm not moving. I'm a prayer walker. My best praying happens when I'm moving. It helps to be moving! I don't just pray best when I'm moving. I also think best when I'm on the move. And I love to write on airplanes! I think there is a time to "be still and know that I am God." But God also has a way of revealing himself when we're "on the move" too!
I find this single insight--"it helps to be moving"--absolutely intriguing. It just resonates with my personal experience.
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