Afterthought

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One of the jobs I was doing this weekend was reviewing the master DVD disk for a new edition of John Eldredge’s EPIC Live. One thing he said toward the end is that if you wanted to get closer to finding out what your role is in God’s story, take a look at the stories and heroes who’ve always fascinated you. The people–and movies/books–that you love.

Interesting idea. Just recently, I asked my spiritual advisor why I seem to be drawn to particular people in history. Sometimes their lives just capture me, hold on, and don’t let go. I resonate with what they accomplished or how they lived their lives to the point that I become a little obsessed with them.

This started when I was quite young. My first two heroes were Daniel Boone and Amelia Earheart. My favorite woman in the Bible is Abigail. The moment I read her story, I latched on with a fever. I’d still like to write a biographical novel about her one day. Recently, one of my passions has been for John Wilmot.

I’ll have to think more about this later: at first glance my list of heroes seem unconnected in their faith, dreams, goals. All they seem to have in common is an extraordinary ability to take risk. After all, the one line from a movie about John Wilmot that grabbed me by the throat was: “Any risk worth the effort always involves personal sacrifice.”

More on this later.

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