Distracted

Two accessories have been added recently to my collection of electrical gadgets. The first was a Christmas present and is called an iGrip. It is simply a rubber pad about four inches wide and seven inches long. You put this puppy on your dashboard and you set your iPod, cell-phone etc... on it. Friends, this thing works. My truck is heavily weighed down with tools and ladders , so my ride can be rather jostled. Yet, despite the most extreme bounces, bumps and turns, you can be at ease as you see your dearest traveling companions resting undisturbed. The days of frantically searching for my cell phone on the floor of my truck are over. A new and brighter future awaits me.

The second accessory is simply a blue tooth wireless head set for my phone. Maryland roads are five percent safer now that I have this thing. These things are anything but cool. I can tell that the manufacturers have been trying to streamline the ear pieces, and give us some cool color options, but to no avail. The fact of the matter is, they still look like industrially super-sized hearing aids.

Being on the road for about two to three hours a day, this ear piece is already making long phone conversations with friends, family and customers more feasible.

It was blue tooth that allowed me to carry on an extended conversation with my friend Adam yesterday.

It is Adam that this blog is really about.

I have known Adam for about four years, and though he lives in Milwaukee, we have kept a friendship alive via phone conversations. The big news for Adam is that somehow, through cunning, tactful, aggressive and otherwise appropriate ways, he has successfully wooed the woman of his dreams. It has been four years coming, and I am glad to see him finally engaged. He was telling me the story yesterday... nothing really original. He got down on one knee, and asked Sarah to be his wife. Than she laughed at him. Adam responded, “This is not a joke! I am being serious.” Adam was making the story worse than it really was, because he later informed me that it was really a laugh/cry. We all know that there is a huge difference between a laugh/cry and a laugh. A simple laugh is not a good sign when you are on one knee. A laugh/cry however is an excellent sign. So this laugh/cry was really a yes, and they are planning on converting her “I will” into an “I do” later this year.

Now the waiting begins. With all the affection and love that Adam and Sarah have for each other, this season will be one of anticipation and eagerness. Adam and Sarah “eagerly” await the new life they will have together. It is because Adam treasures Sarah so very much that this upcoming season will be defined by the hope of that coming day.

Adam was in my prayers this morning, and I thought of him again as I read Hebrews 9.

“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him” Hebrews 9:27-28

Those who will be saved at the coming of Christ are marked by their eager anticipation for His return.

During this season of engagement, Adam is going to do a lot of stuff. He is going to take his bar exam and continue operating his moving business. He’ll eat, work, play, study, sleep, and be mean to his younger brother. Life will continue as normal. He may even occasionally call and talk to me. However, all these things well ultimately be passing events leading up to his wedding day. He will be consumed with looking forward to that day.

As Christians, we need to be consumed with anticipation for the coming of Christ, and the appearing of His Kingdom. As I work, study, eat, drink, sleep, and be kind to my younger brothers, I need to be distracted. Distracted by the realization that soon I will worship Christ and declare Him to be faithful and true with the rest of the saints. Distracted when I am reminded of my sin at the thought that some day I will live eternally in a land where righteousness reigns, and my sins will be forbidden. Distracted by the reminder that every tear that I see fall around me will be wiped away by our Savior’s hand.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.” 1 Timothy 4:7-8

I guess this post wasn’t really about Adam either =) May you all have a wonderful day of worship to our Savior, who is worthy.

Comments

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Accessories are absolutely brilliant specially the rubber pad about four inches wide and seven inches long,is the best and having great sort of qualities and the picture is good to understand about it,otherwise the details and information is enough to understand about it.And you are right about to be consumed with anticipation for the coming of Christ.