But the basic premise of the book (A Million Miles in a Thousand Years) is that life is a story. The question it leaves you with is: am I really living a story worth telling? Essentially a story is about a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.
That’s what makes a story.
It got me to thinking about my own life and whether I’m doing anything worth while, whether I’m really living memories that will one day be worth sharing. Sure, I went on a trip around the world last year and touched a lot of people’s lives. My own life got wrecked and ruined. Now I work for the same organization that destroyed every ideal I had ever created so that I could help destroy everybody else’s ideals about life and send them on a life-changing trip around the world to change lives… and…
…well, it’s a crazy cycle.
But what else am I doing? Sure I’m traveling to places like Guatemala in the meantime, sharing people’s stories, and trying to make a dent in the world so I can leave some kind of mark.
Or am I really just talking about that last part?
Donald Miller got me to thinking. I love the story that I’m living, but there are some aspects of it that are just flat boring. I mean, I’m overcoming a lot of conflict to get to a lot of things on a personal level… to develop character (strangely enough). But the question I haven’t ever asked myself and I’ve never answered is:
What am I going to do with my character?
There are some things that I want. There are some things that I want that will be anything but easy to get. Sounds like it could be the makings for a good story. And 2010 seems like it’s going to be the year that I’m going to begin pushing through even harder. This year was about developing my character. And while I will continuously be growing that part of me, I’m ready to put my hands to the plow on something locked inside of my heart.
I’m looking for ministry partners (more characters for my story) in 2010. If you’d be interested in becoming one or continuing to be one, you can send me an email here and include in the subject line “prayer partner” and I’ll put you on my prayer list. You’ll receive monthly (sometimes more) emails about some of my more immediate prayer requests and how you can cover me and my ministry in prayer. I currently have two people on my list. Both are missionaries themselves.
If you’d like to be a financial partner and help me raise my support goal of $20,000, you can send me an email here and include “financial partner” in the subject line and I’ll contact you with more details. So far I’ve raised $50 for 2010. That means I only have $19,950 to go! Needless to say… I’m hoping a lot of you will choose to partner with me!
But think about it: are you living a story worth telling? I’m looking for people to write my story with me. We’re merely “pens in the Author’s hand,” as Keith Green would say.
