Big Monkey |
What do
you call an 800 pound gorilla?
Sir.
That is the old joke.
We all carry a certain number of monkeys. They are things
that must get done. Some larger than others.
Just respect for them, and their magnitude, does
not deal with them.
Business management texts tell us to beware what monkeys we actually
accept on our shoulders and which ones we hand off to others.
They seem imperative to
success and drive us, consuming our mind.
They are dangerous, putting careers and objectives
in peril if not satisfied.
Watching a big one we
note a quick twitch of that head and a focused
grunt in our direction bodes a possible lashing out of those powerful limbs.
What if this sucker jumped on me?!
We know the scene of an ape’s tirade, so violent and noisy.
So how do you carry
your personal monkeys?
Is there a particularly big one at the moment?
Like all the rest of the
creatures in this world these things are predictable and can be subjugated by the man or
woman who grasps the difference between them and us.
All these were made to populate the
world that you and I inhabit. But we were created to cultivate this place.
We were first given
the task of naming these beasts, then tending them.
When we come to our maker we bring
with us our tendency to be concerned for our various tasks, but they should not rule us.
They
should not drive the spiritual relationship.
Each of these will pass, along with our concern for
them, even the 800 pounders. And yet our time with God will remain.
Do not let the primates of your life run you, or you risk skipping the
real power for their tending.
What’s in your Worship?
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