Today I had one of those moments where a piece of advice from years ago hit me again, but in a new way from the first time. Freshmen year, writing my first exegetical (It was on Ezekiel 1) my Bible prof said “Make sure every sentence relates back to the thesis.” Solid advice. It kept me from going on too many tangents.

It’s easy to go on tangents when your main purpose isn’t at the forefront of your mind. It’s easy to get distracted and forget the point. And It’s the same thing with living in Christ - so often I find myself engaged in fruitless activity, just distractions from the richness of the gospel in daily life. And yet as a slave to Christ and one who has the hope of salvation, all should be for the glory of God. Every facet of my life should point back to Christ and the life I have in him. In that place is when I find fullness of joy.

Some days I’m right there! Many others, I slip into forgetfulness and find a passing interest to consume my time. So often tiredness and busyness get it my way living this way - with every sentence pointing back to the thesis.

I struggled through that first paper; it was pretty rough and I spent so much time in the library wondering what I was even supposed to be doing. But now, writing an exegetical is a lot more enjoyable, the work is rewarding, and it doesn’t take as much time. I pray that more and more in my life, every action and the way I spend every day is filled up with the purposes of the Lord! That the love of God toward me would continually be at the front of my mind, that his love may pour through me. Even in the mundane and commonplace, Lord will I always remember your love, and may it constantly steer me.

I put my Star Wars t-shirt on before it even registered that today is May the Fourth. It’s pretty nice to have Jedi mind powers!

On the way in to work this morning, a fawn and its mother walked along the road in the new dawn, a cardinal dove ahead of my windshield and into the tress; everything in its place. A beautiful reminder of God’s Sovereignty in the stillness. At breakfast, a David’s House resident was singing “It is Well.” And so it is.