I get into routines. Always have. It’s just, apparently, part of my nature. I get into routines when it comes to eating certain things. Some of you know about my predilections toward Taco Bell, and Mountain Dew, and Panera Bread iced tea. These are the objects of some of the routines that I get into. (By the way, I am imaging, even as I type, the comments—at my expense—that some of you are thinking, right now, and I don’t appreciate it.)
I’ve intentionally made some of these less-than-flattering routines known because I believe that if I mention these matters and tease myself first, that will diffuse all the teasing that others would be likely to give me. That theory still hasn’t worked too well. But I’m giving it more time.
Sometimes I am confronted with my routines in ways that are slightly uncomfortable or even, perhaps, downright embarrassing. For instance, a while ago, I walked into a local gas station where I fill up my car. As I approached the counter, the attendant said, “Hey, it’s the Kit Kat guy! How you doing Kit Kat guy?”
I wanted to protest and point out to the attendant that, “I do not get Kit Kats every time I come into this gas station!” But, admittedly, my protest would have been somewhat weakened by the fact that I was holding two handfuls of Kit Kats as I was walking to the counter.
(Drats! Why are the wise guys in my life always getting the last laugh?)
By the way, I WAS NOT really holding two HANDFULS of Kit Kats, that was a joke. I was only holding one Kit Kat . . . . alright, maybe two. Three at the most.
In some ways, our upcoming SHIFT weekend will be dealing with the concept of Shifting from negative routines to positive routines. Positive routines in our thinking, in our behaviors, and even in our understanding of our past. Positive routines in our relationship with God.
Just want to remind you that SHIFT is coming up beginning this Friday evening at 7p.m., continuing Saturday afternoon from 1-5p.m., and carrying on into Sunday’s services. Hope you’re planning to be a part of SHIFT.
Many blessings,
Dan Marler
P.S. Here’s the daily “Facebook” thought I provided today . . .
Here are 3 simple words we don’t hear often enough from leaders in religion, business, politics, academia, etc.: “I DON’T KNOW.” When a leader is asked a question in a public setting it can be very hard to say: “I don’t know”, even if the truth is that you “don’t know”. I’ve been there. There’s a strong urge to want to appear to “know”. That’s why humble, honest, people—people of integrity—are so refreshing.
P.P.S. If you have a Facebook account and want to be “Facebook Friends” I’d love to “connect”.
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