I used to think it was the big things in life that really tested us.  I used to think that a terminal illness or a phone call late into the night is what tested our faith.  And while I don’t discount the difficulty of those things…I don’t view them as THE test of my faith.  I am built for drama…so I think I can deal with big things pretty well (by deal, I mean, in those situations, handle them the way God wants…total and complete reliance on him).  Call it watching too many movies, but I can imagine the big things happening and I prepare my response.  No, what gets me is the everyday stuff.  The sun up to sun down, low drama, everybody falls asleep or gets up and leaves if my life is a movie stuff.  But I am finding that these are the most important events.  For one they make up 90% of our lives, where the high drama stuff takes up the rest.  These are the events that if we are paying attention turn out to be the memories that last lifetimes. They live to be the things that we sit on our porches and talk about when we are ancient.  These events are also, if we are not paying attention, what lull us into a pit of selfish, directionless, boredom.  And this pit is full of things that drown out the life giving faith that we are given in Christ.

For me, the everyday ho humm is where my faith and growth is tested.  The everyday is my incubator, it’s where I decide whether or not I am going to slip deeper into myself or finally become the good looking guy God wants me to be (the good looking part is a joke).

For the next 30 days (small steps) I am determined to see the everyday ho humm for the blessing and test that it is…and I hope you come along with me.  The next 30 days of this blog will be dedicated to the Ho Humm…be sure to share your findings and struggles as we walk through this experience together.