January 29, 2008

I have begun this blog more myself than anybody else really. See I like to keep a journal but feel that it takes so long to write all that I want to in a journal and so a blog seemed like the next best thing to use. Lately I have taken on a variety of positions in many different roles here on campus, I feel like I should list them all just to let the gravity of the weight of responsibility sink in. Supervisor of Intramural Soccer, CFO Catalyst Newspaper, Downtown Springs WyldLife Leader, boyfriend of Kierin Amundson, Thesis student, and job candidate, not to mention friend to many other people as well and son of two parents and oldest brother to five siblings.

I have always juggled many different positions, worn a lot of hats if you will, however I am looking forward to not having to wear some of those hats for very much longer. I don't like performing tasks just to put money in the bank and unfortunately that is what some of my positions have become. My Uncle David taught me that the single most valuable commodity that we possess is Time. Time can not be traded in, returned, or exchanged it is the most permanent substance that I know of and should be treated with the greatest amount of respect and reverance possible. That is why keeping priorities clear is of the utmost importance as we live our life through the medium of time. In the coming future my priorities will be more mine to decide than they ever have been before. It's strange though because although I am entering the most indepedent time of my life I feel the most burdened with responsibility. I feel the expectations of friends and family to achieve greatness. I feel the personal expectation to live a full and meaningful life that is abundant in every quality.

It is that last one that worries me beyond all the others. I understand what it means to follow Christ in love, but I have no idea what abundant life is promised for me. Many have followed Christ and had what I considered to be pretty crappy lives. Many have followed and lived lives of luxury, and there are still some that are in the middle. Ahh too late to muse on such things. Perhaps I should explain the title of my blog and then just call it a night...

The title of my blog is enafsmatikos apokalypsi which is Greek for thought provoking revelation. I hope that not only do I provoke my own thought when write and read my blog that may become revelation, but that anybody else that stumbles upon this blog be provoked into thought by my humble attempts at revelation. Thanks for reading.

Trevor Lance Isham