I wanted to hear, “Jeff you have written a brilliant literary masterpiece. Don’t change a single thing!” What they actually said was, “Thanks for getting us your manuscript. Please cut 20,000 words out of it so people will actually read it.”Do you know how many brain cells gave up their existence for me to get those 20,000 words that now need to be eliminated?
I think too many people live “out of memory.” In other words, their future is dictated by their past. Their lives could be described as “been there and done that.”
We often talk about keeping a spiritual journal. Fill it with prayers, prayer lists, thoughts, ideas, notes from Bible studies you hear, notes from your own personal studies, fill it with notes and observations about the journey that God has you on. You might find it to be a resource that over time becomes more and more valuable to you.
As I am typing this I am waiting for the space shuttle Atlantis to take off for the very last time. Growing up in Florida I am fascinated with the space program. I know in a world of tight budgets and bad economy there are many that think space exploration is waste of money. I believe spiritually exploration and discovery is the call of God to humanity. Asking questions, finding answers, and striving to test the limits and keep striving forward are all things that I see rolled into living the God-breathed life.
What comes to mind when you think of Jesus? I think for some people it’s the picture of a lamb draped around his shoulders. There of course is the one where He is knocking at the door with no door handle on it. Others have flannel graph flashbacks from Sunday School. But there is a very different picture in John 2:15