Playdo

Can I confess something to you –privately? It’s just between you and me and do you promise not to tell anyone? No matter this is broadcasted across the internet, I trust your commitment to keep this little secret of mine. It’s a secret that many don’t know and I am not sure if my wife even knows. It’s one that I really love and is a sticky, gooey secret. Many times it can get me in trouble if I am not careful on how I handle it. I even engage my kids in it from time to time and I have found that they love my little secret too. Shhhhh, don’t tell…promise! I don’t know if I should say, I have said enough already, can you really be trusted with this?

Ok, I believe you understand commitment so I will spill the beans. I love to play with playdo! Ohhhh what a let-down, you thought I was building to some daytime soap opera, like the days of pastor’s lives or something! Nah, I love to play with playdo and so do my kids and sometimes if we are not careful it makes a mess all over the kitchen and we get in trouble.

See, I like it because I don’t have to commit to one form or another; it’s the perfect element of non-commitment. I can make a horse and if I don’t like it I can smash it down and try again. Let’s see; a plane, a truck or my favorite that I am an expert at- The SNAKE! Yeah, look out Michelangelo.

My kids love this lack of commitment as well and we will make a huge mess of our kitchen with playdo.

But, commitment requires hard work and determination. It means you will have to be willing to forge ahead without the “redo” option of playdo. Commitment will be a struggle and circumstances will test your focus. If you are going to uncover the hidden masterpiece in your daily life you will need resolve harder than that of playdo. You will need strength of heart and of spirit that only comes from God.

So, just for today ask God to help you renew the right commitments and have strength to carry them through.

“Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.” (Proverbs 4:25)