That’s one big book.

A few takeaways from my time reading through the diaries of the founder of Young Life for the DMin. project:

• Dude prays
• He is very honest (in the diary at least) with his feelings
  • Rayburn is often overjoyed with the Lord’s provision
• He owns it when he messes up.
• Rayburn works hard and long days
  • He also takes time to rest, pray and seek God’s direction

What if our lives were a semi-open diary?

What if we really prayed?

Were honest and kind with those around us? Even when times were tough and we were embarrassed by what we are going through?

What if we owned our mistakes? Owned them in a “I’m calling to set this straight with you, to apologize and to ask for forgiveness.”

What if we (I) took time to rest, to reflect, to pray and to seek direction from God?

Our lives would be more open. More full. More alive.

May each of us attempt these things TODAY.

And then again, maybe, tomorrow.

Kevin

“Here again…you folks believe in God. SO many things happened that can’t be accounted of, except for the leading of the Lord. The laws of mathematical probability would prove it. God led.”- Jim Rayburn, Leadership Training Institute speech. Aug. 1951