I want to waste time. This is not going to be easy for me because I am incredibly task oriented. There is no feeling in this world as wonderful as crossing something off my list.
I have a book on my shelf by Marva Dawn called Worship: A Royal Waste of Time. I won’t say that I’ve read the whole thing, but I was struck by the quote, “The churches’ worship provides opportunities for us to enjoy God’s presence in corporate ways that take us out of time and into the eternal purposes of God’s kingdom.” I don’t think this is just true of worship, but also the rhythm of sabbath.
So I'm making time to deliberately waste. When I think of wasting time, I’m not thinking about distractions like the next Facebook quiz. I really do think those are a pathetic waste of time.
I need to waste time like Marva describes worship: being in the presence of God, myself and others, being taken out of time, and hanging out with the eternal purposes of God’s kingdom. Wasting time in my mind means letting go of my agenda and tasks to delight or grieve or dream or sleep in the midst of whatever is happening around me at that moment. I need to take a break from a life focussed on accomplishing the next mission and just have a life.
No comments:
Post a Comment