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The Speed of Light and the Pace of a Snail
We are going so fast we can’t catch our breath
Yet is seems like we have just moved an inch
A merry go round in hyper speed
With everything passing by in a blur
As the horse goes up and down
But never moving forward only around
“How did we get here and when did we arrive?”
“Nothing has changed, it's like we never left.
A 110 meter sprint at world record pace
A super marathon run at a walking gait.
It’s all different and nothing has changed
Progress is tangible and false
Head down and eyes wide open
Doing today what can’t be done tomorrow
But tomorrow came and went
While we stayed in yesterday.
Perhaps this poem can give you some insight into how it can be working and ministering in the field. There is lots of activity and many things happening. God is moving and it seems like we can’t keep on top of His wave. And at the same time it can feel as though things have not changed and we are just doing activities for activity sake. The worries of support, family, distance, health, and life push our eyes toward the ground and away from the horizon of God’s promise. As my friend Nathan wrote about God, “You are good and all you do is good.”
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