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On Character
As culture divides itself into unbridgeable distances, it's important to know where you stand. The subject matter will always change, but the arguments never do. You must stand with clear intentions and a strong backbone. Here's a short list to help you get there:
Know who you are.
Know who you are not.
Always name your fears.
Show restraint.
Listen.
Learn to do what's right in the small things.
Pain is not your enemy.
Live for something bigger than yourself.
On Government
If at some point in your life you come to believe that Jesus Christ is true--if you ever identify yourself as a Christian--pay close attention to Jesus' aversion to using government for his purposes. You cannot legislate love. You will never be able to legislate love.
Too much of life will give you reason to fret. Take time and enjoy small moments. Celebrate. And learn to laugh at yourself.
On Pain
Much of life will involve emotional pain. Learn to sit and quiet your soul--throbbing as your heart may be--when these times come. Listen to your pain, and learn its name. In these rare and raw moments, God illumines the deepest parts of you that are broken.
[As a side note: When you experience physical pain, curse as loudly as possible and throw things. Always throw things. This helps wonderfully.]
On Christianity
Never forget, son, that God authored a creation that involves both sunrises and hurricanes. Therefore, God is ultimately responsible for both structure and chaos. Learn to enjoy both but especially learn to enjoy chaos.
Structure is easy to enjoy and rightfully so. Structure provides predictability. All too often, though, predictability feeds one's insatiable lust for control, and for Christians this need for control often leads to an obsession with finding the perfect "Biblical" worldview.
But I assure you this: the temptation to fit all of life and the complexity of humanity into a framework solely defined by the written words found in the Bible can and often does create a fearful and deadly misrepresentation of the very God you intend to honor.
So enjoy chaos. And love people like a hurricane.
On Home
The people who constantly apologize to you for having a messy home, seldom really have messy homes. They have messy hearts that need to be comforted.
On Life
Son, well before you could read, this story began. It began sometime around when your mother swiped your newborn hair across your forehead--no, that is not right. It began well before that even. Never-the-less, you are here. And these are the things I want you to know.