Timothy
Somewhere in time, well in the past few months, I haven’t
posted a blog. I knew I was getting busy
at work, so I changed to monthly not weekly – but then it got busier than
expected. It’s amazing how something you
do with such regularity can be so easily forgotten.
During this time, I did manage to get another short story in
print. This one was inspired by a
song. The main character is a young man
named Timothy.
Paul wrote letters to a young man named Timothy. We know he was young and we know he was a
leader in the church.
1 Timothy
4:12King James Version (KJV)
12 Let
no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
When I created the main character for my book, I wanted to
name him Timothy. I wanted to portray a
young person so excited for the Lord that he wants to tell the world. I wanted to get something of what I thought
the Timothy Paul spoke about, might have been like. Not perfect, but truly seeking to serve the
Lord.
The song tells a story of a Teacher, a Farmer, a Prostitute
and a Preacher all on a bus. At the end,
the prostitute ends up with the preachers Bible. This captivated me. What kind of a person would not only take up
a conversation with a woman of ill repute – but take it so far, she is left
with his Bible. This thought process led
me to create Timothy.
He is a young person looking for someone to share the word
of the Lord with. Below is a passage from
the book:
Timothy
purposefully held himself back from boarding the bus. He was silently praying. "Lord, look at
these people's hearts and tell me who to sit with. Give me someone that needs your love
today."
I wish I was like that.
I wish I looked for opportunities to share the love of Christ with those
around me. I fly sometimes for work, but
I don’t think – what an opportunity to share with the person next to me. Maybe I should start thinking like that.
I have the song below.
Maybe it will inspire you to inspire others.
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