As I sit down at Ross' desk to begin this first blog, I realize that this is my first blog I've ever written. Personally, I think I have never written a blog because in my mind I live a boring life. I go to school, church, and kind of do the same things over and over again with my friends. I find myself in a routine, repeating the previous day or the previous week. After reading Donald Miller's book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and began writing this blog, I realized why I have never blogged before. I think I haven't done this before because I wanted to write something meaningful, and I am afraid I have nothing meaningful to write.
Whoever came to the small group last week will remember that I loved Miller's quote: "The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either." For me, this is kind of a mantra that I want to live my life by each day. I want to live a meaningful life not just for the sake of living some great story that would make an earth shattering, million copy selling, awesome memoir; rather, I want to make a difference in this world by living a meaningful life.
Meaning for each one of us is unique to our own particular context and setting. But I believe that as Christians, our meaning is deeply rooted in the story of God. We were created in the image of God and are called to be Christ-like in all that we do. Therefore, our meaning is wrapped up in living out God's will and plan for our own lives. My hope is that this summer we will all be able to learn how to discern God's will for our lives as we have the chance to edit our lives in order to make a meaningful story!
I have invited everyone in the group to help author this blog. So feel free to write a blog on your reactions to the book, our discussions, or just your own thoughts about meaning, life, Christianity, story telling, or anything else. And commenting on our blogs will help us in this editing process.
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