Well, it has been ten months since I have last written on this blog. Ten months! A lot of life has happened between then: moved, got married, started a new job. While I could say that those are the major reasons for my written absence, it would not be entirely the truth.
Many things in the last months have drawn my attention, quickened my spirit, and invited to rejoin the creative, cathartic outlet of this space. I went to a concert in a log cabin, with some dear followers of Jesus. I was thinking the whole time how I wished I had my computer so I could write. Then there was the time I was on a retreat in the Western mountains of Virginia. Surrounded by nature, my insides cried out to join the song of worship that nature begets by creating my own written melody. Then there was the children's Bible that comes with an audio tape. The words were so well written, each story painting the wonderful picture of a Savior who was planned since the beginning of time.
Each of these times, I kept thinking how I should partake in the creative outlet God has so tailored for me. But each time the cry in my heart was ignored. See it has been blocked out by distractions like laundry and the ever enticing television with its mediocre story plots. Then there is the tiredness factor. It is so hard sometimes to muster up the energy to create. Then there is fear. See the blank page or blinking cursor can sometimes yell at me about how little I have created, how difficult it will be to get back, how I have nothing worthwhile to say.
Well, now that I put them all on the screen they sound like nothing more than excuses.
Tonight I went to an amazing concert. Musicians, talented, trained musicians, poured their hearts out on the stage. Before they went up, they showed a documentary they put together about how they spent a week on an island in Vancouver, Canada making music together. Then they sang and played. It was truly creative, truly worship. I thought as I listened that I could not let another ten months go by without joining in the song with my creative outlet. In fact, I couldn't let another night go by. So here I am, writing once again. You can be sure to expect many more in the days to come.
