River Run By.

Lazy days can be good days. I had one the other week in which I had opportunity to just sit and watch the water flow by. Not that it was moving that fast but it allowed me opportunity to reflect on life and love
and happiness. There is something about watching the flow of a river. Something either methodical or calming. The mind, well maybe I should say my mind, drifted with the river from one thing to another. One idea to another. On thought to another. One worry or another. It was a good day until. . . Until I thought about life being like a river.
Most of us go with the flow. We are content to ride the waterways of life enjoying the ride and just moving along with the currents of the day. We accept the reality that everyone else is on the same journey, but at a different places between the shores.
But is life really like this? Are we satisfied with the mundane, with the transitory existence of just getting by. I told you before that Artie Shaw lived his theme of life, "Good Enough Is Not Good Enough".
Where are we in this continuum? I believe that in Christ we can not settle for going with the flow. Jesus himself moved against the leaders of his age to make them re-evaluate the
reality of what they believed and how it effected their life as it was moved by their faith.
Today, we are people of faith. Most Canadians think of themselves as having some form of faith in God. It may not be the faith of the parents or faith moulded by a denomination but it is still real faith. And how does this faith move our lives? I believe that every once and a while it moves us in the opposite direction. We go against the flow of the society that is continuing to move against organized faith or all that is right and good about our society.
Another line that comes to mind as I watch the river in front of my is, "a line in the sand". Many of us take breaks from the river and just sit like I did on the shore. At times like those we realize we only have one chance in life to leave a mark. Is it going to be a line that shows us as a person of faith or just someone who leaves footprints in the sand that wash away with the next high tide?
You and you alone can answer this as it applies to you. All of us need to realize that if we have
something we strongly believe in, we will swim against the flow and become stronger for it. And the world will know someone stands up for what they believe. It's your footprints and your swim, make it memorable.
Rob