One of the most difficult part of writing for me is finding continuity and thesis. I can barely stay on one subject or create a work that isn't going a thousand directions! Every time I send my stuff to my friend Chase, I get the same question. "Where are you trna go with this???" and then he would say "You are saying a lot of good stuff about a lot of different things....what's your thesis?"
UGH! IT'S INFURIATING!
Not Chase, but continually having to hear those same words over and over to bring me back in mine and set me on the proper course (Gah that will preach!).
SEE! Even now my mind is drawn a thousand directions trying to decide what to write about!
Here's what I'm getting at though. At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, what is the thesis of my life?
Okay okay. Hokey I know but seriously?! God has intent for my life, and so do I! There is something that I'm aiming for in life, and the reality is that I am all over the place outside of my mind as much as I am in! Take a list of my goals and aspirations and you would see that I'm all over the place there as well!
What is my thesis?!
Chase, where are you?! You are supposed to set me back in line here!
Haha, but seriously where do I want my life to go? What cause do I want to uphold? What is the one thing I want to be remembered for? to leave behind as a legacy?
Over the last three weeks, this has been theme of my convictions, meditations, and prayers.
I think I've got it. The books I'm reading, the sermons I stumble into, the conversations that I have all point towards something burning in my soul.
I want, when it's all said and done and I lie in my grave, that I will be remembered for reflecting the heart of Christ both in justice and in grace, but more importantly in love. I want my love to so deeply and thoroughly consume my life that all that whoever I interact with are consumed with understanding of God's justice and His overcoming grace!
That...that's my thesis: to live, and live fully in the light of the Holy, life-giving cross.
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
UGH! IT'S INFURIATING!
Not Chase, but continually having to hear those same words over and over to bring me back in mine and set me on the proper course (Gah that will preach!).
SEE! Even now my mind is drawn a thousand directions trying to decide what to write about!
Here's what I'm getting at though. At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, what is the thesis of my life?
Okay okay. Hokey I know but seriously?! God has intent for my life, and so do I! There is something that I'm aiming for in life, and the reality is that I am all over the place outside of my mind as much as I am in! Take a list of my goals and aspirations and you would see that I'm all over the place there as well!
What is my thesis?!
Chase, where are you?! You are supposed to set me back in line here!
Haha, but seriously where do I want my life to go? What cause do I want to uphold? What is the one thing I want to be remembered for? to leave behind as a legacy?
Over the last three weeks, this has been theme of my convictions, meditations, and prayers.
I think I've got it. The books I'm reading, the sermons I stumble into, the conversations that I have all point towards something burning in my soul.
I want, when it's all said and done and I lie in my grave, that I will be remembered for reflecting the heart of Christ both in justice and in grace, but more importantly in love. I want my love to so deeply and thoroughly consume my life that all that whoever I interact with are consumed with understanding of God's justice and His overcoming grace!
That...that's my thesis: to live, and live fully in the light of the Holy, life-giving cross.
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
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