Fires Burning Everywhere

I've never really known how to begin anything I've written. This is certainly no exception.

I've written essays, and fiction, and poetry, and even songs (none of which are in a publishable state). I can tell you, for each of those starting was half the battle.

You see, every point at which I try to begin is an imperfect launching point for my thoughts. This is in large part due to the fact that I think a lot. I think about everything. I think about how everything relates to everything else. I think about themes, and tone, and word choice, and context, and audience, and all of those little things that go into language.

Lately I've been thinking about some big things.

I've been thinking about politics, "the media," and the health of the nation. There are a lot of things going on in the world news market these days. Tragedy, disaster, destruction, scandal, war, intrigue - the list goes on. There is a lot going on in the current events today, and everybody is talking about it.

I've been thinking that I'm hearing a lot of view points about issues in current events. A lot of view points with strong voices, sometimes (often) pitted against one another.

I've been thinking about God, and Christianity, and the Bible, and how by merely mentioning those three words, I can make people very uncomfortable very quickly. Sometimes, this thought makes me wary of talking to people at all because I cannot help but talk about something that means so much to me.

In all of my thinking, I have come to one conclusion: procrastination is going to be the death of me. But joking aside, I have concluded that I cannot stay silent anymore.

If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Jeremiah 20:9 ESV

As I continue with this blog (what better way to speak out than in a blog that nobody will see?), I am going to be talking about a lot of hot topics. And I'm going to be making them even more controversial by analyzing them in the light of the Bible. As the Good Book says:

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 4:19-20

I'm thinking that this is going to be an interesting experience. I hope that somebody will benefit from my analysis. I am going to be learning a lot through this venture, and I hope to put it to good use. But what do I know?

I'm just Thinking Blessed.