Thursday, November 11, 2010

Friends, Family and Aspirations

I was watching a documentary on Bob Dylan the other night. When he was young he went off changed his name and really didn't go back home. He was Robert Zimmerman.

But this got me thinking, all of us have ideas and aspirations that at times we doubt because who we have been and where we have been. Close friends and family can be an incredible support and can help advise against poor decisions, but there is a thin line between poor and remarkable.

Warren Buffet said one time in an interview, show me a man's heroes and I'll tell you what he'll do. I've never thought of Jesus like this. That He was of humble circumstances, born in a barn, grew up as a carpenter, Son of God. Did not let those around Him tell Him who He was and what He could and couldn't do. There is a line between insane and true. Let's not back off pursuing that line.

Are we really held by our upbringings? Isn't the call of Christ leave everything? And I think He needs everything because it is going to take everything we have to become who He made us to be. It'll take every once of your being to fight the fight put in front of you.