Musings at Altitude

What would you like to do more of?

For me, it’s the four L’s.

Love.

Learn.

Live.

Listen.

I struggle at loving those that I’m supposed to love.  Christ gave us the ultimate example of love…even to death…even His enemies…even those unlovable people in His life which He knew would eventually participate in His crucifixion.  I struggle mightily with any and all of those.

I struggle at learning.  I’ll do the exact same thing multiple times expecting a different outcome and get upset when the exact same thing happens again.  I’ll go to the exact same place 5 times or more and still not know how to get there.  I’ll read a chapter in a book that is completely obvious to others and not have a clue as to what they are talking about.  Yes indeed…I struggle with learning.

I struggle at living.  I’m so involved in work or doing things that supposedly prevent me from living that I really don’t take the needed time to actually live.  Then I blame my inability to live on things that are typically completely within my control.  Yep…I struggle at living.

And I struggle mightily at listening.  I’ll be actively looking at an individual that is passionately telling me something, and 5 minutes later I have no idea what in the world he may have said.  I’m ashamed to admit that I’m easily distracted and just don’t listen.

So I pray that I will love, learn, live and listen more, and in so doing, become much more like the man God wants me to be.

How about you?