Ouch! That Hurts...

This morning as I was shaving I heard Kristin talking to me from the other room. I turned to leave the bathroom to ask what she had said, but when I turned, I walked into the corner of the bathroom door with my forehead. OUCH! I really dislike hitting my head on things, this particular time it was the kind of impact that made your teeth hurt.

Like I said, I really dislike hitting my head on things – but I’m 6’5”, so I have to tell you I’ve done it a lot, and often. A few hours later Kristin, Kendall and I were at the church building. Kristin and I were doing some cleaning, and Kendall was playing and having fun. As I was mopping the back hallway I bumped my head on the corner of this big grey metal alarm box thing that is mounted about six feet off the floor, and sticks out from the wall about 10 inches. (Who puts these things right in the way of guys like me?) In case you didn’t know, it almost always hurts when you bump your head – but especially when you bump the back of your head on the pointy corner of a big grey metal alarm box thing. This time it was the kind of pain that causes you to immediately grab and hold the place where it hurts, while every muscle in you body tightens because of the pain. I know – I really need to be more careful.

Does your head ever get in the way? We are surrounded every day by people who are hurting, and too often we are people who think with our head instead of responding with our hearts. We wonder if they are really in need or just want a pity party. We entertain the thought that if we help we may get taken advantage of. Or if I give these few bucks to them, they may buy cigarettes with it. We plan planning meetings so we can get organized to help those with needs -- yet our hearts seldom get us engaged in helping

We even think too much when it comes to our church family. “I wish they didn’t sing that song. Why do they raise their hands during worship? Should I give them a hug or just shake hands? If I go forward to request prayer, what will they think?” We are way too sensitive to what others think! I know that what others think is important. But not nearly as important as what God thinks. And sometimes – I think we can all confess – we listen to what our head is telling us about a situation, instead of following the Spirit of God as He is prompting our hearts.

Golfers have a saying – “he’s thinking too much.” You’ll usually hear this said about a golfer who has plenty of golf knowledge, but instead of putting the knowledge to proper and practical use, the golfer instead -- while trying to play – thinks so much about all the options of each opportunity he has, that his mind actually deters him from playing well. He is distracted from his objective because of over thinking. What he really needs to be doing is just getting out there and doing what he knows in his heart is right to do.

Well it’s been a few hours since my head got in my way. How about you, does your head ever get your way?


FYI – this is my second post in three days. Please hold the applause, I would like to tell you to get used to it, but you probably shouldn’t. Anyway, thanks for visiting and have a great day.