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Hanging Out<\/h2>\n

by Daniel Floren<\/p>\n

Dad took me to Chicago for Spring Break. It was an incredible trip full of hilarious improv, great food, and cool culture spots.<\/p>\n

One day, I really wanted to go to a particular pizza place and check it out. I took it upon myself to figure out all of the transportation details, feeling quite accomplished as the \u2019son\u2019 directing\/leading \u2018dad\u2019. We got to the address, and saw nothing but high rise buildings. It was the Corporate Headquarters for this pizza spot – no where close to the actual restaurant. I was soooo mad. I spent the next hour trying to walk off my frustration. “I totally screwed it up,\u201d I thought to myself.<\/p>\n

The next day, after the Shed Aquarium, we had about a 4-5 hour gap with nothing to do. I turned to Dad as we looked out at Lake Michigan, and I asked him with some urgency, \u201cDad, what do you want to do? I don\u2019t know what comes next, I\u2019m out of plans, I didn\u2019t plan well enough. I\u2019m sorry, but we have some free time. How can we redeem it to make the trip worth the money? What do you want to do?\u201d He looked at me and just kind of half-smiled in amazement, shaking his head. He took a second. \u201cDaniel. This. This is all I want. Just spending time with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that moment, a number of curious things clicked into place. I looked at Dad\u2019s shirt. It was the TKA Elementary School shirt from when he was my soccer coach. Yesterday he wore my high school football shirt, and the day before that a TCU polo. The point was always to spend time with his son. All of the gifts and adventures of Chicago were just a nice backdrop for hang-out time.<\/p>\n

I have always come to God asking, \u201cWhat do you want to do?\u201d With my life, my marriage, my job, my friends, my day, the groceries, this very second\u2026<\/p>\n

Strangely enough, I think the answer has always been, \u201cWe\u2019re doing it!\u201d Christ wants to hang out and commune with me and love me! By the very nature of turning to God and asking, \u201cWhat do you want to do?\u201d we\u2019re there! We are now talking and hanging out! Before I take another step toward anything, I\u2019ve got to first realize that that is the most beautiful thing. We\u2019re just there already. His Grace met us there and his love keeps us there. All of our purposes and plans must be in context of just hanging out with the Lord. Then, without any pressure, we can go grab pizza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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