![]() I bought inexpensive spiral-bound 6×9 notebooks to capture my thoughts and activities. I had kept a journal for several decades. As I navigated the snow-covered roads in my little 2-wheel drive Mazda pickup, I could not get the Joshua incident out of my mind. Six inches (15 cm) already had fallen and another six were predicted. I was expecting to hear Joshua ask, “What does my Lord want me to do?” Do?! I was shocked and chagrined that my mind went right to “do.” The staff time ended and I headed back to my town, 40 miles away, in a heavy snowstorm. ![]() Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” 14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?”Īs Brad read the passage, when he got to “What message does my Lord have for his servant?” I was anticipating something entirely different. The scripture was Joshua 5:13-14…ġ3 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. My friend Brad opened our time with some scripture to ponder. My watershed moment: About 25 years ago I was attending a monthly Young Life staff gathering. For doers, we didn’t get much worth from being.īut, as a psychologist friend once reminded me, we are human beings, not human doings ![]() It’s easy to get our worth from doing because of its quantitative tangibility.īeing, on the other hand, is about existing in, even embracing the present moment, and connecting with the world around us (i.e., people, nature, etc.) It’s about experiencing life beyond external achievements and roles. It’s related to productivity, accomplishments, and the tangible results of our efforts. But first, let me describe the difference between doing and being as I understand them.ĭoing is about engaging in actions, tasks, and activities in the external world. I did experience such a watershed moment, which I will talk about in a bit. He asked me if I ever had a watershed moment where I began to move away from being a doer, moving toward a healthier balance of doing and being. We both have a tendency to be doers, which gets in the way of being. I was talking recently with a younger friend (most of my friends seem to be younger than me □).
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