ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz!! Ha! haa

"No man is an island" who said that? I am unsure but what I have been discovering recently is that conversations with other people have inspired me to move from ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz to Ha!haa!
"One of the spirits over Northen Ireland is apathy" Someone told me that yesterday and I reflected on it and thought 'yeah that's so true!' Some areas more than others, but generally it's true. (Check out peoples reaction to pray for mission! grrr!!)
I know that apathy can creep up on you till there is an echo in your head that says "I can't be bothered... I can't be bothered......I can't be........... zzzzzzz!
I find it facinating that recently God has been reminding me about what the Bible calls Fruit (by the way that's singular not plural) of the Spirit (Galatians Ch 5, vs 22 and 23) "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law" That I need to learn how to 'be'. That I am a human being not a human doing but at the same time I am challenged to not be passive and fall under this spirit of apathy. All those pieces of the fruit are characteristics of Jesus and that is who I pray Gods Spirit will mould me to be. Yet each one of those can only be developed in action. I'll never develop patience asleep!
What has inspired me recently is having conversations with people who are not from NI and don't suffer from this apathetic spirit that I, all to easily, come under.
Try to get an outside prespective. Mix with people who God has inspired. People who have a vision for their life, their friends, their nation even.
I talked to an American guy this morning and came away all fired up. Ok he prayed for me and the Spirit of God fired me but I experienced kindness, love, joy, faithfulness in his prayer and our conversation, inspiring me to go and be the same.
(Don't get me started about the churches lack of desire to pray!!!!!!!!)
My prayer is that I too can be that inspiring person through the power of the Holy Spirit though there may be a cost in that. The last 4 guys I have done some morning prayer with have ALL gone to either Tajikistan, Spain, Engalnd or New Zealand!!
Morning prayer does something ...it takes you fromZZZzzzzzzzzz to Ha Haa!!