You just never know what’s down the road and around the bend. I had a major break-through this morning for my writing; to be specific, for this blog.
Ever since I first started blogging I’ve struggled with trying to figure it out, just what I am trying to say on my blog that is actually helpful to people, not just within a narrow parameter but for all kinds of people who are in search of love, truth, and spiritual insights. I’ve never been able to define it until this morning and have spent literally hours over years thinking about it. That is why this blog has lacked a permanent face to it.
The truth is, I love to think deeply about life and spiritual things. I have seen myself as some sort of soft-spoken Christ-following messenger, someone passionate about what I’ve learned and am continuing to learn. I’ve also become dis-enamored with religious labels because they keep people trapped in boxes (by keeping some people in, and some people out–they won’t read anything they don’t agree with, and miss out on a lot of good stuff because of it) and keep them from forming a concrete reason to explore the greater spiritual realm that is just waiting to be discovered by the spiritually curious.
There are so many spiritual areas that fascinate me. A life transformed; going deeper with God; the gift of prayer and meditation; struggle and pain and its antidote; God’s pain pill; the writing life and how to get better at what writers do; contemplation and meditation that fills out a spiritual life and brings life to the Christ-follower; tools and practices that help us face life; teaching and giving; loving and learning. . . . These all competed for primacy as I tried to think up a slogan I could use that was all inclusive. But none seemed to fit the bill. I needed something that could tie it all into one bundle, something that would speak to the journey I have been on for many a decade.
I am finally getting my thoughts in focus. Right now I think that my slogan should characterize these thoughts. And, I think, I have been given a solution that makes me comfortable. Here’s my break-through, “A Contemplative Space: Connecting with God in everyday life.” I think it works because that is part of what I do–and it is my greatest desire to communicate the blessedness of seeking God in this way. It changes your life in a good way.
How I figured it out was by reading the reviews on Amazon about my one published book. Then I jotted down what the reviewers saw as important in what I have to offer. On my own all I could picture was a door opening up into a fully lighted place…because that is how I see it works when we step forward to seek spiritual truth without any limiting factors. The Bible is the guidebook, but God confirms His presence in a multiplicity of ways.
I grabbed a photo from a trip I took with my kids to a lake in Colorado and slapped together a new header for my blog site, which will make-do for the time being. What a relief this is to me. Feeling joy-filled.
Blessings, my friends.
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