NOT MUCH

This is one of my normal sayings at times when life is too routine. Doesn't mean it is bad or boring, just not much is changing.

Which is not always a bad aspect. It is a sign too of stability. Change is a good part of life at times.

Even more so when it is a positive change. Negative ones can have pluses to life, but may be so much harder to appreciate.

Still when times are stagnant it can be a moment we let our minds wander. For the heart does crave stimulation.

And when monotony smothers are dreams then how do we avoid listening to the whispers from within. The ones that hint we should find ways of ending the boredom.

A perfectly understandable attitude. Providing our quest doesn't become a form of temptation.

How easy it is for that to happen. So easily we can drift from looking for excitement to looking for more.

To let the not much become some justification to reach out for the forbidden. Then we take the step beyond the stirs of the heart.

This is when we are also most prone to have deaf ears to the Lord's spirit. For it can be like a dam bursting.

Our desires suddenly flood over our reason and what at one time we would have thought as impossible or undesirable flood our lives with urges. Then next thing we do is give in to them.

This never ends with a reason to celebrate. For such an indulgence generally ends in consequences.

And too late we find ourselves filled with regrets. We feel the void from not having thought things through enough.

When those times come into our souls, God can lead us in the direction that will truly be uplifting. He can show us the types of light that will bless.

The problem is that at the moment if we are so out of control with our own lusts, we may not see the gold. That can be a challenge.

And if we allow ourselves to listen then despite how we feel about it at the moment it brings us to the truth.