Splash Around!

Reading this month's Esquire Magazine there was a short article about the differences between boys and girls. It used the example of taking a bath. When a girl finishes taking a bath, there's no mess, no water, not a drip outside the tub. After a few minutes, a boy will have water dripping from the ceiling, the mat and curtains are soaked. The floor has huge puddles. Then, the article said this, "splash around!"

While driving, my mind wandered. "Splash Around!" Make a mess. Get dirty. Go wild. Don't live life so neat. Make a dent, an impact in your life and those around you.

And then my mind drifted to God. He doesn't operate cleanly. He doesn't operate within boundaries. He loves getting His hands dirty. He loves pushing up His sleeves and getting dirty. He loves a challenge. He loves a mess.

Are you living your life to "safe"? Do you not share your faith because of the fear of rejection? Do you make an impact in people's lives or are they unaffected by knowing you? When an opportunity to make a change presents itself, no matter how challenging it is, do you get excited or do you coward away?

I say "Splash Around!" I say get dirty. Get messy. Jump in head first. Don't allow fear to hold you back. Hostage. Free yourself. Be determined to spread your faith, who you believe in and why to the most people possible.

Matthew 28.20, the Message version reads : Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you.

This verse doesn't hold back. This verse splashes around. It says to go out and make an impact on everyone. Mark them! Everyone!
So I say to you: Don't get out of the bathtub without making a big splash.