Christ in you, the hope of glory

After the luxury of a 3 day weekend, it dawned on me tonight (and not for the first time in the last few months) that here I am, at the other end of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, in the realm of self actualization, with more time on my hands than in former days of my life, and now at a time when I am genuinely not interested in anything but Christ, his commands and the work He chooses to do through me to share Himself with others. No longer am I interested in things, or stuff, or money-making, never have been into sports, or entertainment. I just do not care for hours of mindless TV or movies (as I believe much of it desensitizes us), so a life at leisure is and has become well, boring.  I am meant as God’s son meant for more than this existence. So I finally used the computer resources at my disposal to “get off my arse” and connect to our local volunteer connection resource and inquire to a few local computer/marketing opportunities to help others. God only knows why it has taken me so long. But now I can say “Thank God” for moving me forward. This move and the daughter asking if I was really hungry Friday evening before consuming more than my fair share of food, is the second of this weekend’s habitual changes, thankfully for the better. At least I have two days of tracking my food intake, and this will help me move one step closer to a life of health and hopefully lose my extra person (a.k.a. extra body weight since coming to the USA in 1997 = 120lbs. Yikes!!) and get to  quite a bit more exercise, either walking or on my bike.