“We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious
treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as
God’s, not ours.”
What
do you think of when you think of March? Spring being ushered in by sunny
daffodils and fields of green? Or tricky leprechauns and lucky four-leaf
clovers? Perhaps you envision the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Maybe
this past month you even tried your hand at luck by purchasing a stash of Mega
Millions lottery cards. As for me, when I recently thought of March, I thought how
quickly it was slipping away, even more so when my friend shared a picture of
his calendar marked with Xs on every date that had passed. I really didn’t like
his picture, a poignant reminder of days no more, never to be revisited. It
gave me pause, for the Bible says, “The reality is you have no idea where your
life will take you tomorrow. You are like a mist that appears one moment and
then vanishes another” (James
4:14).
I
resolved to be more intentional about making days count and planned to write a
blog post before I flipped the calendar to April. But life got busy, and I got
stuck in analysis paralysis, pondering what and how to write, overthinking and
under-acting, a trap that can keep any of us from responding to God’s call.
