Crisis

“Sometimes the moments of crisis are easier to navigate than the mundane routine of going day to day. At least a threat or disaster pulls people together in the urgency of survival. It’s not as easy to rally people when today’s tasks look just like yesterday’s.

“Despite how it looks and feels, the daily routine does not have be be dull, and come to think about it, that is where most of life happens.”—Follow Me to Freedom: Leading As an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne and John Perkins

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It is the daily obedience that allows one to respond appropriately in the crisis situations. It isn't glamorous, but as they said, it doesn't have to be dull. I don't find my daily life dull—how can I when every day there is a different sunrise and sunset? Or, like today, a beautiful new snow covering the ground and resting on the black tree limbs. I see every day as a gift from God, a chance to rejoice in his goodness to me and others. But, it is a decision to do so; I could ignore those things—some days I find that I didn't even notice what I was riding past until I am nearly at work. But, why would I chose death over life?
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