BMW motorcycles & being here now

Last updated on: July 28, 2006 at 10:42 am by David Hayward

BMW motorcycles & being here now 2006-07-28T10:42:03-04:00 David Hayward

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I enjoy synchronistic moments like the one Iâ€™m about to relate to you, and my life is full of them. My neighbor loaned me his DVD copy of Long Way Round, the incredible story of Ewan McGregorâ€™s and Charlie Boormanâ€™s trip around the world on a pair of BMW motorcycles. Being a motorcycle enthusiast myself, Iâ€™m enjoying the DVD and have watched half of the 5 one-hour episodes already. During the fourth episode, while they are riding through Kazakhstan, Ewan says:

â€œI feel like I absolutely belong in this moment now. Itâ€™s where I should be, and luckily itâ€™s where I find myself! (laughs)â€
Beautiful words! Thatâ€™s how Iâ€™m feeling these days. This morning as I was reading Chambers, he says:
â€œ*We must never put our dreams of success as Godâ€™s purpose for us; his purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; he is notâ€¦ his end is the processâ€”that I see him walking on the waves, no shore in sight, no success, no goal, just the absolute certainty that it is alrightâ€¦*â€.
Same idea in different words. Like U2 singsâ€œBeautiful Dayâ€, *â€œwhat you donâ€™t have you donâ€™t need it now!*â€ Yup! I feel that’s very true for me right now. I feel I belong here. I should be here. And, fortunately, I find myself here. And I encourage my church towards the same sentiment.

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