Because I am a writer, I believe in magic. Because I have a faith, I believe in what cannot be explained. I believe that life is a story, at times hilarious, sad and uncanny, that the strangest things happen all of the time. For me, living with a Christian faith is about accepting the mystery.
Some who profess to having a faith are dogmatic, certain of all the answers. The way I see it though, it is the other way up. Because I have a faith in God, I hold in an open palm the great mystery of life, all the unanswered questions, all the hard things that we live through, all the things that don’t make sense. I don’t pretend to know what I am doing with my life, I make room for that which is outside of me.
And so I write about my faith in a God who is kind, who I believe has a plan for my life, I plough on with creative projects because I believe that they have a purpose. I am stubborn minded about my creativity because I think if I don’t make these works of art that I am harbouring, then who will? And also, with however small a voice, I know that I have something to say.
That’s not to say it is easy. There is a mystery to all of this, to the timing, to apparent failures. And sometimes having faith is about standing back and seeing the bigger picture, the reason we are here, the legacy we wish to leave behind, the almost indiscernible twists of fate that nudge us towards our destiny. Sometimes it is trudging on with our small vision, even when it feels like it is heading nowhere. Sometimes it is taking risks that appear foolish. And always, it is holding out hope, not knowing what tomorrow might hold.
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