it's not about pancakes

My friend Mav was in town today. Mav was one of our first volunteers with Team XStream, way back in 1998. He's on staff at the International House of Prayer, where he spends the hours of 10 pm-6 am praying. You heard me--praying.

He's one of the people who feed my soul.

Lots of people have great ideas that they never pursue, dreams that never get lived, or plans that never leave the drawing board. They might say, "Great idea. Someone should do that."

I've been that person. Too busy or distracted or dis-passionate to do the thing that I know needs to be done. I don't like that about myself. I don't think that I'm like that in every area of my life, or that I'm like that all the time. But it has happened enough that I can track it.

Mav is the kind of guy who gets an idea, conviction, or direction from the Lord, and then begins to work on how to make that a reality in his life.

Kind of like the guy who was walking through a field and found a treasure. He got so pumped up that he sold his other stuff, found the owner of the field, and bought the field.

Identifying priorities is a good thing. Living according to the things that I determine to be most important is not as easy as making a list of the important things.

But, today I got to spend time with Mav, and that makes it a good day.