The Bullet
Most Saturday mornings I meet up with my friend Kevin for some fun and often times philosophical chats. I recall when these breakfast meetings started the conversations were all over the board but as time went on we allowed ourselves to be who we truly are. Two friends exploring life and during the journey finding ourselves along the way.
This past Saturday Kevin used a a bullet as a life metaphor. I wish I could have recorded this because there is no way I will convey the uniqueness of this analogy but hey I can try. When we take aim and fire the gun toward an intended target the conduit is the bullet. The bullet as we know is nothing more than an object or projectile heading off in the direction it was aimed. As in life we often times blindly aim and fire with little knowledge of what the target truly is. As the bullet glides through the air it can encounter debris, wind, or come in contact with objects that alter the course. In life we face daily debris, wind gust, and all kinds of outside influence that drastically effects the direction we originally aimed for. Remember it only takes a molecular change to miss the target. The bullet will keep going until it hits something. It may be the original target or all the particles it encountered along it's journey may have shifted the direction just enough to hit the wrong target. With the miss the question becomes did it pick up carnage along the way. Did the wrong target destroy something else?
In our lives we will take aim many times and there will be those times we fire the gun. Obviously it is our hope that the bullet stays on the course we aimed and hits the intended target. The reality says that is normally not the case. This is where GRACE comes into play. We need another chance, another shot, and if we believe in the love of our creator we will get that next shot. We need clear vision to hit target. Do you know what your target is? Or better put do you know what your goal in life is? You can't hit a goal you do not have and you can't hit a target that is not there. The bullet you fire will hit something that is a fact but if it was shot aimlessly it will most likely do more damage than good. With practice our focus and aim will get better. Life is about experience and the only way to get better is take shots.
Ready, aim, fire. Have the courage to be yourself, study your intended target, take focused aim, and fire with the precision of a pro. Your life bullet if aimed with a goal in mind will have a high percentage of blasting through whatever obstacles creep into it's path. It will stay the course and the end result will be victory. Set the goal, take aim, fire the gun, enjoy the journey, reap the rewards.
peace to you
Dale
This past Saturday Kevin used a a bullet as a life metaphor. I wish I could have recorded this because there is no way I will convey the uniqueness of this analogy but hey I can try. When we take aim and fire the gun toward an intended target the conduit is the bullet. The bullet as we know is nothing more than an object or projectile heading off in the direction it was aimed. As in life we often times blindly aim and fire with little knowledge of what the target truly is. As the bullet glides through the air it can encounter debris, wind, or come in contact with objects that alter the course. In life we face daily debris, wind gust, and all kinds of outside influence that drastically effects the direction we originally aimed for. Remember it only takes a molecular change to miss the target. The bullet will keep going until it hits something. It may be the original target or all the particles it encountered along it's journey may have shifted the direction just enough to hit the wrong target. With the miss the question becomes did it pick up carnage along the way. Did the wrong target destroy something else?
In our lives we will take aim many times and there will be those times we fire the gun. Obviously it is our hope that the bullet stays on the course we aimed and hits the intended target. The reality says that is normally not the case. This is where GRACE comes into play. We need another chance, another shot, and if we believe in the love of our creator we will get that next shot. We need clear vision to hit target. Do you know what your target is? Or better put do you know what your goal in life is? You can't hit a goal you do not have and you can't hit a target that is not there. The bullet you fire will hit something that is a fact but if it was shot aimlessly it will most likely do more damage than good. With practice our focus and aim will get better. Life is about experience and the only way to get better is take shots.
Ready, aim, fire. Have the courage to be yourself, study your intended target, take focused aim, and fire with the precision of a pro. Your life bullet if aimed with a goal in mind will have a high percentage of blasting through whatever obstacles creep into it's path. It will stay the course and the end result will be victory. Set the goal, take aim, fire the gun, enjoy the journey, reap the rewards.
peace to you
Dale
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