8 Reasons Your Life Matters by John Herrick

Author:John Herrick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Segue Blue
Published: 2013-05-14T18:30:00+00:00

Along for the Ride

But again, God doesn’t need us. He could accomplish His plan on His own—and in a much more pristine way.

After all, human beings are messy. Take a look at our faults, the way we treat each other and mess up relationships in our lives. Consider how many failures we endure before we reach a point of success. We screw up a lot of scenarios before we become adept.

If I were God, people would give me a lot of headaches. I’d want a vacation.

So why would God want to include us in his plan?

My theory is simple: It’s more fun to take someone along for the ride. Maybe God didn’t want to do it all alone.

We crave fellowship. Maybe He does, too.

As a kid, my creative impulses ran the gamut. You don’t have bills to pay during childhood. Minimal responsibilities put minimal shackles on your arms and legs. Granted, you haven’t established a foundation for achieving your dreams, but you’re free to dream big without considering cost or time limitations.

So as I came of age, I dabbled in all sorts of writing projects, from short stories to songs, from screenplays to novels, and my dreams stretched even farther. Sitting alone in my bedroom, oftentimes after midnight on weekends, I sketched out dreams on paper. It kept a vision before my eyes and made abstract dreams seem tangible. To this day, no one has seen the physical output of those nights. No one even knows they exist. I keep the evidence locked away in a chest at my home.

Though the dreams differed in size and scope, each shared one common aspect: I always dreamed of bringing someone along for the ride.

I wrote music as a hobby during my teenage years. Even at age 15, I kept a running list of acquaintances who seemed adept at particular talents: This individual plays the piano unusually well. That individual has a strong ability to conceptualize a musical production. That person knows how to build a program from scratch.

I kept that list in case I received an opportunity to launch a big dream. Given the right match, I wanted to share the experience with someone else.

Even today, I crave opportunities to bring people along for the ride. It’s much more fun to share the thrill with someone who also knows the sacrifice involved.

As a novelist, I tend to work alone on initial story development and writing the first draft. But when it comes to the overall book project, I keep an active eye out for individuals I can squeeze into the journey. It feels like getting into a car—I always picture a convertible—and embarking on a journey, picking up passengers along the way. By the end of the journey, the car is filled with people who share a common bond. (And dreams don’t require seatbelts. So if you like to sit on the folded-back convertible top and feel the rush of breeze with your arms in the air, you get to sit there with your arms in the air!)

A book project opens a treasure trove of opportunities for inclusion.

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