play.

I watched a man play the sitar for a few minutes a couple of weeks ago. 

Like any good Beatles fan would,

I heard the rhythmic sound and stopped.

It had been a rainy couple of days,

and there was a break in the drizzle,

so he played.

I could have watched him play for minutes on end,

but we had to keep moving.

At some point today,

there might be a break in the clouds. 

A moment of unexpected sunshine…

of light.

In that moment, 

play.

Take the opportunity that God has given you

and do what you do best:

be you.

No matter how the crowd reacts.

If they get you or not

is not your concern.

You are here.

You are called by the God who gifted you.

So play today

not for the applause of people,

but for the One who is always cheering you on.

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: 

Take your everyday, ordinary life—

your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. 

Embracing what God does for you 

is the best thing you can do for him. 

Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture 

that you fit into it without even thinking. 

Instead, fix your attention on God. 

You’ll be changed from the inside out. 

Readily recognize what he wants from you, 

and quickly respond to it. 

Unlike the culture around you, 

always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, 

God brings the best out of you, 

develops well-formed maturity in you.

~Romans 12:1-2

Many blessings,

Deni 

{photo taken in Anandapur in Disney's Animal Kingdom}