"What do you do while you wait?"

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Let’s think about all of the different times you have to wait in the average day. If you’re an average American, in your whole life you will spend an average of six months waiting on a red light. And that doesn’t count the time you sit in traffic jams on a freeway. The next time you’re sitting at a red light just think about it—6 months of your life!

And what about waiting on the telephone? The average person spends 60 hours per year on hold. That’s 2.5 days out of your year holding on the telephone. And you can’t blame it all on businesses either. Thanks to call waiting, you now wait on hold when you call a friend’s mobile phone or even your own home.

So what do you do while you wait for those 6 months at a red light or those 60 hours a year on hold? Have you tried praying? Not that the light change but that a friend’s health change? Not that your call get picked up but that a loved one’s spirit pick up?

There’s always time to pray and listen to life and make a life, not just a living!

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"Can you imagine...?"

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Can you imagine Fred Astaire without Ginger Rogers? She made him look so good, doing everything he did only backwards and in high heels.

Can you imagine the Lone Ranger without Tonto? We never would have known that that Masked Man was none other than the "faithful friend" of law and justice, Kemosabe, without Tonto telling us, would we?

Can you imagine Bert without Ernie? Well, I’m sure there were days Bert could imagine life without Ernie, but you know, even when Bert complained about how Ernie acted, Bert really missed him and was always happy to see him return.

Can you imagine Batman without Robin? That Caped Crusader who vigilantly protected Gotham City at the bequest of Commissioner Gordon and Chief O’Hara would have found himself in the evil clutches of the Joker, Penguin, or Riddler on many occasions were it not for young Robin.

I guess we all need someone, don’t we? Someone to help us out in times of trouble, to keep us accountable for what we do. Ask God to give you someone as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living today.

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"Do you ask for opportunities?"

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What if you absolutely love basketball, you’d rather play basketball than eat or sleep, but you never asked to try out for a team. Would you improve your playing skills?

What if you absolutely love to play basketball, but as a kid, you never asked your Dad to shoot hoops with you? Would you learn to play very well?

What if you absolutely love to play basketball, but you never asked your Mom, "Can I go to the playground to play ball?" Would you get to play much?

What if you absolutely love to play basketball, but you never asked your Grandparents, "Would you get me a basketball for my birthday?"

If you absolutely love to do something, then you have to ask for opportunities to do it. The odds of someone just walking up to you and saying, "Hey kid, you look like you love basketball. Want to play?" are slim to none.

Today, ask God for opportunities to do what you absolutely love. Listen to your life for those people God sends to you to give you such opportunities. Ask for opportunities to do what you love as you listen to life and make a life today.

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"Who puts your team together?"

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You hear a lot about teams these days. You may be on a team at work. Your team may be temporary, just existing long enough to accomplish a task, and then you’re dissolved. Or, your team may be more permanent, i.e., the people you work with in a department or on a shift.

Have you ever wondered who put your team together? Now I’m not talking about who hired your team, but who put your team together? Who makes your team a team, knitting you together in a common purpose?

Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, knows who put his Super Bowl Championship team together. Irsay told 93 million TV viewers who put his team together. In fact, he said that not only does he know who put his team together, he knows who knit them together in a common purpose, "like a family," Irsay stated.
Who is Irsay talking about? God. Irsay gave God the credit for taking the Colts, motivating them to play unselfishly, and knitting them together as a family.

So who puts your team together? Ask God to make a family out of your team as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living today.

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