I Don't Like to Write, Yet I Do

I'm not much of a writer. Well, I am, but for some odd, unexplainable reason I don't jump at the chance to type up a paper, homily, sermon, etc. It's not that I don't enjoy sermon writing, I just have trouble maintaining focus and putting words to my thoughts. Yet when it comes to journaling, I have no problem at all. In fact,I very much enjoy pouring my thoughts out via the pen. Perhaps it's because I don't have to follow all the technical and grammatical rules of writing. Who knows? It's crazy and to be honest I don't think I'm too far off from being crazy. One thing is for sure, I have much that is within me that needs to be spilled and I'm hoping that this provides an outlet by which I can do just that. Maybe, in the process I'll come to enjoy (and even crave) writing.

I've started this blog for multiple reasons. The first has already been stated. The second is a bit more difficult to put into words, so please forgive me if my thoughts seem complicated and too complex to understand. You see my heart beats for truth. And not truth that is discovered in ivory towers by philosophers and theologians. But truth that is embedded within the fabric of this world. Into the very Creation that we awaken to every day. Truth that resonates deep within my heart. Truth that is worthy of my devotion. Truth that beckons me to abandon my very livelihood. Truth that is only found in the God and Father of Jesus of Nazareth.

What's ironic is that my heart seems to have already tasted of this truth. How, I don't know? But I do know that within there exists this longing for more. And as this "longing for more" drives me to search, my thirst for truth continues to deepen even more. Quite interesting how that works...

May this blog be the start of an exploration to further understand myself and the God who has called me His.