{"id":539,"date":"2011-02-17T16:42:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T21:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2011-02-20T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T14:14:49","slug":"shower-dust","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ministryserver.com\/wp\/?page_id=539","title":{"rendered":"Shower Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHOWER DUST<\/strong>©<\/em><\/sup>
\n\tRay Waugh
\n\t4:00 pm August 03, 1984<\/em><\/p>\n

Grease on tub … soap pieces … empty bottles
\n\t    dull razor blades … clean towels …
\n\tThere is just something special about a shower … a long shower.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some mornings the "old shower monster"
\n\t    grabs my ankle and
\n\t    holds me there for the longest time.
\n\t    Quickly retreating down the drain
\n\t    the moment the cold water arrives.
\n\t    (Some call this "prune time."<\/em><\/p>\n

No warm water and no “shower monster” I off to the day's adventures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Great ideas can be discovered
\n\t   in the solitude of the shower.
\n\tNew insights to major problems are "seen" in the
\n\t    relaxed "steamy" atmosphere of the shower.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God can use your shower time to inform you of his will.
\n\tGod can use your moments in the shower to call you into service.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God can speak with you and inform you of his will in
\n\t   mundane experiences in life …<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bible is filled with example after example of
\n\t   God calling in the everyday 's of life.
\n\t         Shepherding
\n\t              Fishing
\n\t                   Sleeping<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

David and Moses were both called to serve God
\n\t   in special ways while watching sheep.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No need to fear a boring and mundane occupation.<\/p>\n

Joseph was enslaved while running an errand for his father Jacob.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Never be surprised, if God calls you to "special" service
\n\t   in rather mundane-everyday situations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After you find your place of service,
\n\t     the bands may not play for you.
\n\t     No need to ask, “Where is big send-off ceremonies?”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When on the field of service
\n\t     you may find yourself praying for help living with the bugs or frogs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When on the field of service
\n\t     you may live years before "observable" results are seen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Often, the dark moments may penetrate your soul.  BUT,
\n\t   know that the God who called you and
\n\t   encouraged you in the mundane experiences of life
\n\t   will sustain you while you experience mundane and not so exciting
\n\t   moments in His "special" service.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, by the way this was written in 1984 and twenty-seven years later
\n\t          The Lord has not returned.
\n\t          We are still having four seasons.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God has His time table. We need to remember Acts 1 and I paraphrase:
\n\t     The disciples ask “Jesus, when are you returning?”
\n\t     Jesus replies that the time table is in the Father’s hands.
\n\t     Then, Jesus makes a simple statement in Acts 1:8
\n\t           Be busy cultivating, planting, waiting, and harvesting …
\n\t           and being a part of the “Diaspora . . .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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