February 23, 2004
A Purpose Driven Start
I was having a conversation with a friend last week, who was talking about the lack of hunger a lot of believers have for the Word. "...they're caught up in the latest fad, Purpose Driven This, Prayer of Jabez that, WWJD..." (a loose paraphrase) And my thought was, "Gosh, just because it's popular doesn't mean it's bad.
I also have a few friends that roll their eyes and moan out loud when anyone near them takes on such a "fad" or cultural phase, as if it somehow loses all validity once it is mass marketed and sold. It does sound a little crass when I'm made aware of all the companion tools I can buy to go along with this book (Scripture Keeper kit, a Journal, etc)... Granted, both friends' viewpoints are valid, but they also both sometimes miss something cool due to a high standard and/or elite attitude.
Like many other things in life, sometimes you do something without caring a "tinker's cuss" about what your friends may think.
An old friend from high school (our star running back) recently rededicated his life and brought up the idea of going through the book A Purpose Driven Lifetogether. This kind of thing can be fun and deepen friendships over common shared experiences, plus I'd heard hints of how powerful this book was impacting people, so I decided to say "yes." Yesterday, a good 4 weeks after my invitation, I purchased the book and am ready to begin.
Anyone else that wants to join along could use the comments field of this blog to do so. Lord willing, the next 40 days of posts won't get boring or steer too far away from the going-ons at HM Magazine, as those will surely show up here, too. My daughter's "I have the digital camera for 30 minutes in an ice cream shop" photographic gallery is just about used up (today's post is the last one), so I'm not sure what visuals I may or may not use.
Am listening to and ocassionally watching Opeth's DVD, Lamentations, in consideration of doing a "So & So Says" interview with them.
Day 1:
Okay, I've just read chapter 1.
I'm wondering how I'm going to start doing less (as my schedule and workload is incredibly busy) in my life, but I'm excited to try to find out how. To simplify my life a little bit would be awesome. I leave my job almost every day thinking, "Dang! If I only had 3 more hours to get more of this stuff done." I take that attitude home with me and it's hard to check it at the door, so to speak. If I could accomplish that with this book, I'd be stoked.
Memory verse: "God created all things, and they all find their purpose in Him." (Col 1:16b)
Bummer! I missed it:
"Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him."
I was close!
