What started out as an ordinary dental check up turned into
a spiritual and life lesson…
As the dentist was showing him how he should be brushing his
teeth, the pressure to use the stroking motion, the man replied, “But, I don’t
feel like I’m doing enough”.
“Precisely!” exclaimed the Dentist. “You’ve been doing too much, and as a result, your gum line
is receding terribly. All you need
to do is be consistent, gentle and thorough. “
Amen and Amen! What if that were it?
What if we stopped trying to do to succeed and accomplish,
but risking ruining present goodness?
What if we remained consistent, gentle and thorough, and
were doing more than enough?
It doesn’t matter that the rest of the world is in a wild
“Rat Race”.
My husband, the same man in that dentist chair that day,
said tonight, “There is strength in numbers, yes, but there is no faith. Don’t do what everyone else is doing,
just for the sake of being apart, but do what God is calling you to do, and
have peace in that”.
What if God is just calling us to not go all out, all the
time, but just remain consistent, gentle and thorough in all areas of our
lives? Couldn’t you just feel the joy arising in you in this moment to think
it?
We will never arrive, so what are we striving so hard for?
Rest. Be. Go for a walk outdoors on your lunch break. Take
your shoes off and walk in the grass barefoot. Ride on a rollercoaster. Sit with a book. A steaming cup of
coffee or tea. Let the dishes in the sink be, and just go and sit with your
family, and enjoy the present of the present! See those faces, alive and
well. Dream together. Play
together. Be together. Enjoy this life that Jesus died to give you, because,
Hallelujah, you have it! That’s more than some can say in this moment.
No amount of striving, accomplishing and succeeding can
prove what you already are…a beloved, and blessed child of the Most High
God. He adores you, even if you
never did another thing, and His is the only opinion and blessing that matters,
anyway! The rest is just icing!
Now go eat that cake!
In His Love,
Amy O
