When my children were small they loved lego building bricks, we had a huge box of bricks that the 5 of them had collected over the years...
Each box of bricks came with a set of plans to show the children how to build the fortrees or space station or whatever the design specified, occassionaly they would buils something according to the set design, more often they would empty the new bricks into the box of older bricks and get creating, they built so many things there were no plans for and had huge amounts of fun incorporating lego models into make believe games
One of my friends was much more ordered her boys built according to plan, their bricks were never mixed together and when the models were dismanteled they put each set away seperately, at the time I felt guilty that my childrens rooms seemed chaotic in comparison and that we lost bricks on more than a few occassions. Now I see the creativity paying off in the lives of my 5 very creative children and the fact that life was a little messy and still is is ok.
If we apply the same principle to our spiritual lives I wonder what we would see? Would there be freedom to develop new ways of praying, of being would we see play as a spiritual activity ...would our devotional lives and habits expand as we took in new ways of celebrating and worshipping God together?
Can I celebrate housework and cooking as well as writing and reading... can I take as much pleasure in cleaning the car as in crafting a message or sermon... I should be able to...
I want to celebrate God in all things even the difficult and messy times, free to be me to grow and to change and to become... growing in the unforced rythms of grace....
