Witnessing Truth

Confession: I am a huge Anne of Green Gables fan.  Period.  I love the books.  I love the movies.  I have dreams of going to Prince Edward Island.  I hope that one day I will meet my Gilbert Blythe.  I am a huge fan! I don't know who of you out there is an Anne of Green Gables fan, but whether you profess a love for Anne or not, I am certain you at least have a desire for friendship.  (Or at least an appreciation for it). I am blessed with some amazing friends, and have had some great friends throughout my twenty-five plus years of existence.  Nevertheless, I still learn new things about friendship all the time.  Just today I learned about friendship from my life-long fictional friend Anne Shirley Blythe.  (Sorry, that was a spoiler.  Anne and Gilbert do eventually get married). A little back story for whomever may not be as familiar with the Anne of Green Gables  series.  Anne Shirley, an orphan girl, is inadvertent...

I think I have left you all in suspense long enough.  It is time to answer those questions: How do I get out of this funk?  How do I break free of the chains of a life that is monotonous and tedious?  How do I find mission and zeal in the midst of a routine? At first, when I found myself beginning to flounder in this "tediousness," I began to brandish a crucifix as my weapon, and at the start of the day with a victorious yelp claim the day for Jesus!  (In my mind, not aloud, definitely not out loud).  I would valiantly suffer through each task in the name of Jesus! I will make these phone calls for Jesus!  I will book these rooms for Jesus! I will deposit these checks for Jesus! I will do this task for Jesus! Though seemingly the stuff that movies are made of, this tactic soon became lackluster.  There seemed to be nothing truly heroic in the measly daily tasks I was accomplishing and the circles I seemed to be going in.  Where was my St....