life happens at 4:15…am
Jim March 21st, 2007
i spoke at a book club last night that read Divine Nobodies. the cool thing was that the club is led by a neighbor and so it was just down the street. one of the greatest joys of daily living for me is simply knowing and doing life with my neighbors. tonight a few of us are going to hang out at a nearby coffee shop for conversation. i enjoy hearing how others are knowing and experiencing God.
Wide Open Spaces is coming along. i’m usually up about 4:15am and my best writing time seems to be 4:30 – 7:30, which i pretty much do daily. of course i ususally start fading about 9ish in the evenings. i’m actually getting pretty excited thinking about getting the book out there and all the opportunities it will allow me for interacting with others and where they are on their journey with God. i can tell one big change in me is i’ve lost all interest in focusing on what it’s not. my motivation is to know, experience and live what it is. i don’t want to argue and debate God, i simply want to know him and this is what i desire for others. sometimes it’s too easy to get stuck in that anti-_____ frame of mind – anti-church/anti-religion/anti-blah, blah, yadi, yadi. for me, the more i know God, the more i want to know God.
in an interview i was asked, “Would you say you’ve always had a dream to write?” i answered, “Not really. Even now I don’t think of myself as “a writer”; it’s just one of many aspects of my life. However, I have always dreamed of being a professional athlete or rock star; this may be the explanation for why I’ve had a lifelong fascination with Michael Jordan and Bono. If you’ve ever seen me play basketball or heard me sing, you’d know I have a ways to go. A few years ago God said to me, ‘I AM what you’re looking for.’ God wanted me to know that I was never going to find IT in human accomplishments or recognition. I enjoy writing and it’s part of my life in God. I have a sense right now God wants me to write, but it’s not always an easy thing.”
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