We cannot claim to be inspired as the writers of the scriptures were. Our “inspiration” should be subjected to a good editing. In my last post I shared a word-for-word piece from my journal. Unfortunately, however inspired I imagine it to be, its meaning was hazy at best. So, I reworked it – cleaned it up. Although it’s not perfect yet, it’s more concise.
Unedited
It’s daunting at times to consider the weightier tasks set out over the horizon in view life’s great prize of actually making a difference. As a caged lion pacing back and forth is freed to pounce on his prey, so it would seem for all the unspoken ambitions and creative impulses that surge within a man. When he, with a reckless regard for his own self-worth, lunges forward out into the unknown, uncharted sea of darkness yielding his sharp two-edged sword in one hand, and a shield, brandishing his hopes, in the other, there’s a certain element of spiritual energy at the ready. Yet he, like others before him, knows not the depths of the power that emerges from that endless bubbling spring within him, however curious of it he may be (God forbid he ignore it.) Even still, he knows that his work’s worth is reliant upon it. And really, that’s about all he needs to know.
Edited
Daunting tasks lie en route toward life’s great reward of being a blessing to others. Yet, unrestrained ambitions, as a caged lion freed to pounce upon his prey, are a cruel sight. We are not to be captive to our own impulses, as the lion, but masters of them. It is a reckless man who acts upon his zeal prematurely. Sure, he carries a sharp two-edged sword in one hand, and a shield, brandishing his hopes, in the other, but at the start, he is unskilled with them both. Rather, he should begin his journey, as other wise men have, drawing from the endless, bubbling spring within him (God forbid he ignore it.) Down the road, he will see the wisdom of it.
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