My father was a writer. He wrote all of his life, inflicting upon many of us his novels, plays, articles, essays, and self-help books. Some were marvelous; some merely well-intentioned. But of all the things he wrote, his journal is his legacy: by turns wise and bewildering, it neared 1,100 type-written pages when he died in 2010. Although perused many times, this is the first time it will be read - cover to cover, page after page.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Naming Things
At Creation God said to the man, "Your job is to name all things. Call them something and that's what they'll be." He would be giving identity and meaning, calling our their essence. The job hasn't changed and is given to each of us. Name the people and things in your world so they can have value, but this time begin with you. Begin by naming who you are within yourself so you can later say who you are, or wish to be, in relation to the rest of what you find.
Labels:
essence,
God,
interpretations,
life's rules,
naming,
scripture
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment