Revolution

It's amazing how subtle a revolution can be on the outside.

Someone asks you how life is - if anything new is going on. On the outside, everything is the same - same job, same house, same busy schedule, same hobbies (if you call Starbucks a hobby)...

So, I answer the question with the same thing every time, "Oh, things are going fine - nothing's changed."

But, in reality, everything's changed! I can feel you changing me. I can hear you prompting me. I see light where I used to see darkness. I found acceptance rather than chasing after unreliable dreams. Things that used to taste sweet, things I used to crave, have become tasteless and even bitter. In fact, now I save my appetite for something that I'll never fully taste on this earth - but I've caught enough of a scent to keep me longing for and craving more. And just that scent keeps me satisfied.

This change, this new force in my life, it is not like sleeping in a bed of roses or a never ending day at the spa. It can actually be frightening because it is not tame. He is not predictable. You never know where He's going to take you. However, the fear turns into excitement when I put down my own agenda, my own doubts, and just walk forward in faith.

This love, this power, this new reality - I feel fulfilled, but I still feel a yearning for more. It's like having a feast that never ends and a stomach that never feels completely full. No matter how much I fill myself up, I'll always want more.

This is a revolution. It's up to me how quiet or how explosive it will be. I can keep it bottled up or I can shout it from the rooftops and risk changing the world.

If a revolution is too subtle, it'll go unnoticed and will soon be forgotten. And then, we'll never know what could have been.