"Walkabout"?

No, I didn't want to be like Locke from Lost... lately I've been looking to "do" something beyond the regular stuff. I've got to praying and thinking and thought I should do a "walkabout" around my neighborhood and church.

I'm not a good planner nor do I enjoy it although it does not mean I don't plan things. I'm not a strong prayer warrior--I don't get don't on my knees and pray for 2-3 hours straight--but I got my daily dose and pray while driving, while alone, and in special times of need for myself and for others as the Holy Spirit brings it to remembrance beyond my "planned praying" time.

What I'm good at is fixing things (temporarily) on the spot if something goes wrong. Most recent highlights: once a lapel mic clip broke at school, and I bent and twisted a paper clip to fit through a hole and be able to hold the mic clip into place. I didn't have a wrench, I just used scissors to bend it... Another time the bathroom's flushing mechanism snapped (the flushing knob broke off) so I grabbed some stiff copper wires (don't know why they were around), bent them into an L shape and replaced it where the flushing knob was and voila... fixed. Must be because I grew up watching MacGyver all the time.

Back to the point... so I decided to do something where I could be spontaneous... The end result was that I went on a walk around my neighborhood for one hour. Today I walked around church for one hour. This is not just for exercise. I tried to look around for ministry opportunities (no ipod's no distractions) and before going out I prayed for a few days that God may open up opportunities (whether it is a homeless person, or someone in need, God knows best)

It would be great if I could tell you that I ended up talking and bringing 5 people to Christ. But that didn't happen, and it doesn't discourage me, because I decided to do this regularly and get to know the neighborhood around church some more. Have you thought about what you are good at? what you are not? why don't you pray and think about something you can do on your own from the creative mind that God has given you?

For those that are wondering what if after a couple of months of prayer and walking nothing happens, then it just means I might have to move on to something else. I'm not in the aspect of doing things for the sake of doing things ignoring the real necessities around me... speaking of which that'll be this sunday's message... "People > Rules" I remember writing a blog about that before... will be able to use that as an illustration hehe. See? this blog is very useful!