Here I am surrounded by words. Every day I wake up and see a world brimming with beauty and there are so many little details that I want to capture and account for. There are so many things that are worth putting into words and yet time only allows me mere moments to narrate it all.
I look around and in the ordinary I can see God’s love bursting out, His glory and His grace seem to have brushed against all of it. How can anyone say that this is not worth taking the time to put into words, not worth narrating?
It’s worth all of the time in the world!
There's a story unfolding before us, it’s being told through all of these details and we are apart of it. It’s a story filled with hope and daring faith, filled with courageous hearts and bold declarations. It’s the single greatest story and whether you realize it or not, you are moving along this riveting storyline with the rest of us. You are apart of it and have a definite role to play.
The unfortunate thing is that at times the world can blind us from seeing the storyboard, it can cause us to forget that we were called by grace to step onto the scene.
There was a time when I couldn’t distinguish it, when I couldn’t distinguish the love and glory that was saturating the world around me. There was a time when I was blind to the small graces that were constantly being given. A time when this great story was unfamiliar and unknown. Yet, in the midst of bleakness I was pointed towards the Author, and that’s when His story was revealed. All grace, all mercy, and love were revealed in that moment and that’s when this story became known, became familiar, and finally became real to me.
How then will others know of this great story unless we tell them, how then will they take notice if we don’t show them.
And here is where my heart is at. I’m filled with wonder, captivated and in awe as I watch this story unfold. Today I can see it, it’s all there before me: His love, His grace, His glory. I see it. But my heart burns for others to see it too.
My heart wants others to see the beauty of a God that loves us with an unrelenting love.
My heart wants to pull others in with me, so that they can experience this awe, so they can know this story for themselves.
This is why I’m filled with such a passion to capture this beautiful story and put it into words, so that others might see too.
This is why I write.
Because there is so much worth taking the time to put into words; so much of His beauty that is continually being revealed.
Again, here I am, surrounded by words, but words that are not all my own. I’m privileged to be a pencil in the hands of a writing God who is writing to the world His story. These words are my best attempt at pointing back to the One who is behind them, to the One who is writing out this story and bringing His words to life.
These words are not about me. They are about what He is doing in me and through me. Ultimately it isn’t about what I write, it’s about the One who gives me the words to write.
It’s my hope and my aim that the words I do write show the value of the One who created them. That through these words His story is constantly being revealed and described. That through them you might see your part in all of this, your definite role in His story.
And so, I urge you to look around, look at the beauty that is saturating the world on every side. Take a moment and look, I promise you will begin to see it. In the details and splendor you will begin to see not just beauty and brilliance, but the face of a masterful artist, a marvelous God. Look, even for just a moment, look and you will see it too.
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. Psalm 45:1
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