It’s been a while since I wrote an article for Raw Life and every time I started to write something I felt like I was hindered in some way. Also I’ve been procrastinating for a long time to start a podcast with a really close friend Wade. We talked about it for months and even set a date (May 31) and when that day came around we had a talk and I said cool “Let’s go!”. But I didn’t do anything to start that and was waiting for the right timing, environment and making excuses like “I need a bit more preparation” or need a better space.
Well that day of the podcast starting finally arrived today, when him and I were talking from other parts of the world and I realised that there is no better time than now. So with myself being outside walking in the woods in Pennsylvania and Wade at home in New Zealand we decided to do the recording right there and then. And what was I expecting? A clean cut studio with sound deadening and a plush seat I could sit in? Well no not exactly, but was surprised by the fact that my procrastination led me to the point of having a podcast recording in the woods at the back of a farm house during a power cut!
So today we just started with background noise, I had a distraction of a dog wanting me to keep throwing a stick of some sort and the sound of a large generator at the farm across the road. Yes we are in the middle or tail end of a hurricane, but at this stage of starting the podcast I had a break in the weather. I’ve found in life, the more you procrastinate on something that you know you are supposed to be doing, you will eventually be backed into a corner and it quite often will occur at a time and place that is the opposite of perfect.
But that is what I was reminded of today, that this journey of living a raw life is supposed to be like this. It is as my friend Wade and co-host said to me today “no script”. And what I realise is that the further along we journey into the unknown, we are starting to walk into faith. Because you need faith to put aside all preconceived ideas and emotions and start to behave like you were designed to be.
One of the discussion points Wade brought up today was that the eagle is a bird that does what it is designed to do. This is what it was made for and as we start to experience raw life and ultimately (my hope for every reader here) experience the reality of God through Jesus Christ then we will start to live as we were designed to. It sounds so simple but profound at the same time in that observing an eagle it behaves like an eagle. The question I had today why is that we as humans struggle to live as we have been designed?
You can listen to the full “raw” episode here:
