A-Ha!!!!
OK, I am SO tired of the "aha" moment stuff that has been going around through the past years on commercials and a major talk show. The moment that an idea came to you or when you recognized certain realities.
I liken it to a "swine moment".
Are you who you envisioned you would be when you were growing up? Many of us are thinking in terms of career or money. Did we become the fireman or the astronaut that we hoped? Are our retirement accounts where they are supposed to be at this point in our lives?
I can tell you that on both accounts, I am NOT THERE!!! I never became the accountant that I wanted to be. My social life took precedence when it cam to my studies to become a petroleum engineer. (Yes, I worked off-shore for Chevron Oil in college and considered attending Nicholls State in PE. Amazing, huh)
But rather, I am actually referring to the character that we had dreamed of.
I was reading in Daniel the other night of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and their character and integrity, even to the point of death. Daniel 3:11,12 describe the time that their disobedience of the religious rules set by King Nebuchadnezzer in not bowing to the gold statue that he had set up.
They didn't bow. They didn't back down when confronted. They stood firm. They made a testimony of, and through, faith. They were thrown into the firey furnace. They survived through God's power. They left a lasting impression...the king ordered all to worship the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and had his own "leaders" thrown into the furnace.
Is our character what we had dreamed?
Life has a wonderful way of beating us down and making us think that we have to "adjust" to make it. As with The Prodigal Son, what is your "swine moment"? When have you realized that you have not become the man or woman with the morals or integrity or character that you had dreamt.
