Birds sit in the bushes or on the electric cables. They suddenly fly off. I watched two robins in the yard outside my office window this morning. The hopped along the ground together. Then one flew one direction and the other went the opposite.
I wonder, what makes them decide to fly off? What makes them land somewhere, only to rest a few seconds and then fly again?
I joined a Baptist church for a few years. I had two uncles who were Seventh-Day Baptist ministers. I married a Baptist. I guess there was a magnetic pull. The Baptists are all about “The Decision.” All preaching is supposed to be about getting someone in the congregation to come forward to publicly announce they have made “The Decision.” (Note: I was raised Methodist. We didn’t sing all 127 verses of “Just As I Am”.)
I wondered. Do they do that due to persuasive, emotional preaching? Peer pressure? An internal nudge from the Spirit?
We all see people every day and wonder, “Why did they make that decision?”
Then we look in the mirror reflecting our life as it is now and wonder, “Why did we make that decision?”
Was it the TV detective Columbo who used to say, “It’s complicated”?
Well, it is. Or maybe not. Maybe just an inner urge to move, do something, go with the crowd. Or maybe respond to an inner prompting from God.
I hope it’s the latter.
Faith Venture 
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