I had lunch with a friend down in Seattle today. It was a great time to catch up with someone I haven’t talked to in a while. I have this disorder that only arises when I go out to eat. It seems when the waitress fills my drink (water or coffee), I’m compelled to drink it. If she asks for a refill, I cant’s say no. So we talked and I drank glass after glass of water. And mug after mug of coffee.

These things don’t hit me at first, but on my way back home, and in traffic none the less, nature began to call. I heard it knocking, but choose to ignore it, fearing getting stuck in worse traffic. So I held it and held it. Now, mind you I drive a motorcycle and I can feel each bump in the road much more significantly than a car does. And I held it. This agony lasted for about 35 miles. Once I was free of any hint of traffic, I visited the rest stop. It’s funny they call them “rest stops,” because I didn’t do much resting there. I just camped out at the urinal. Sweet relief.

How often do we live like that with God? No specifically the urine part, but I mean we have this feeling within ourselves that we should do something, but we ignore it because we’re too busy. We’re too occupied with more demanding things. The Lord keeps on pressing us and still we do nothing. Until, eventually we cave and realize that’s what we should have been doing all along. Our stubborn independence to do things our way keeps us from the sweet freedom of living in Christ. So is there anything you’re holding in that you should be letting go to Christ? Is there something you should be doing, but have put off for too long? Don’t be like me, hit the spiritual urinal and experience God’s peace and sweet relief.

Life’s so much easier when you don’t have to pee.