In my opinion, we should never stop questioning, which is sometimes referred to as “faith seeking understanding.” But it’s possible that the continued questioning and seeking answers is an excuse for putting off a commitment to God and religious faith.įor people searching for God in the Christian tradition, this need to “get-r-done” is evident in the readings in a recent weekend liturgy. We who are searching for God, for instance, at some point must suspend our endless questions, doubts and internal debates to make a commitment. We tend to put off tasks and decisions, including the most important in our lives, while continuing to consider them, ponder them, research them and think them to death. But like many such popular slogans, get-r-done has a kernel of truth. These phrases may appear to be mindless expressions of impatience with the details of a job, promoting a thoughtless rush to simply finish it. Similarly, Nike, the athletic shoe manufacturer, promotes its products with the slogan, “Just Do It.” But the online site, “Urban Dictionary” declares the term is “an utterly stupid expression apparently coined by … Larry, which more or less means “do it….” I may have seen Larry in a few promotions on TV but don’t recall ever having seen one of his acts. But while sweating profusely and ignoring the aches in arms, feet and legs, I kept going, thinking of the phrase, “get’er done,” the term popularized by comedian Larry the Cable Guy. It’s a big, wooden shed and several times I wanted to quit for the day. Ill-conceived timing maybe, but for various reasons, we needed to get it done. In the midst of a recent heat wave, my wife, Amparo, and I chose to paint our tool shed in the back yard.
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