A phrase I am borrowing from a movie. In it, the character asks to be released from his brother's plans and dreams for his life. To be released from the script that he feels he is constantly living in, trying to live up to someone else's ideals. To have an unwritten life.
Now as an adventurer, traveler, full of wander-lust, this feels like the perfect phrase for me. I want to be released from the expectations of others. Not tied down to a place or a job or a cause. To be free to live in the moment. Unwritten.
But as a Christian, Christ-follower and go-er into the world, I wonder if this can be. God clearly states in his word that "I know the plans I have for you; plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future," and "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." So, how can I long for this unwritten life deep within my soul, and still know that God knows all my days. Faith, hope and love. My mantra, my motto for life. Faith, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen - or in my case, unwritten. Hope, that the God who knows me better than anyone can know the desire of my heart and fulfill it. Love for the life I have and willingness to trust that whatever God has planned, written for my life, is because he loves me best.
I am not sure how clear this all is... but these are my thoughts. Written.
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