Why oh why has it taken me so long to post this.

I want to write about myoneword. a project that exists to get to the core of who I am by delving deep into the issues of motivation, character, and pervasiveness. this isn’t something that will stay on the surface of who you are, but will really get in there, and move around, until change results.

So, the word that i picked and have wrestled with significantly is perspective. This is a perspective that what I’m doing here and now - might be hard (it might be real hard) but it’s not forever.

God has invaded me with this word, every time I feel tempted to feel hopeless, or to feel desperate, or lonely, deprived, not provided for, trapped, or a myriad of other emotions that I’ve felt at one time or another over the course of my time here in Slovakia.

The deal is, I am none of these things. I have hope, provision, opportunities, and all because the Lord provided them for me. But, if I take my mind off of the things of the Word and look to myself - then I lose perspective, and this isn’t carnality, this is just thinking of my needs, my wants, my desires - even though Biblical, yet not living with a perspective that comes from the Lord.

One thing that I’ve enjoyed doing is pairing up my word with the Word, and today I was reading in James and came across this verse…

How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog - it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

James 4:14

My life is but a vapor…