Musings at Altitude

I have three reservoirs that need to be constantly filled – physical, emotional, and spiritual.  The physical reservoir is the one that gets the most neglect right now.  I don’t take the necessary time to get my exercise, although my travels do allow me to walk a significant enough distance to at least provide me some physical value.  My emotional reservoir has been abundantly filled over the last few weeks with two different trips North of the Arctic Circle where I was able to find the serenity of God’s magnificent creation.  These trips also allowed me to remind myself of the real beneficiaries of our current business efforts, which provide some emotional grounding for all the struggles that we’ve been going through. 

My spiritual reservoir is very special, because I have a large number of sources that pump into this reservoir and fill it up for me whenever it gets low.  Our church is something special, with commitments to missionaries around the world, commitments to preaching the Word here at the services, and commitments to building within the community starting with the family.  My friends are something special too, lifting me up in their prayers, constantly providing encouragement and words of praise and comfort, and always being timely in the reminders of God’s great love and His constant presence with us.  My parents provided the foundation early in my life for my faith today, and my family today provides me with encouragement and support, as well as the quiet time I need to get into the Word and to take advantage of that reservoir.

It’s rare when all three reservoirs are full.  In fact, there is some form of supporting structure that crosses through the reservoirs that allows me to tap into one when another is getting low.  My spiritual reservoir is the one tapped into the most to flow into the emotional reservoir when I get discouraged.  Sometimes, I also lean on my spiritual reservoir to “pump me up” when my physical reservoir gets low as well.  In thinking this through, maybe that means that my spiritual reservoir is actually the master reservoir that feeds and supports all others and thus my spiritual reservoir is the one I need to protect at all costs.  That would make sense.  That would also track to what is actually happening.

It’s time for me to go focus on that spiritual reservoir…that’s what Sunday’s are for…in fact, that’s what every day is for if I can pause in the chaos and heat of the business battle and remind myself of my real purpose in life and the real provider of all I have.