I've started writing for a new book, even though Soul Custody is just now appearing in stores!~ Publishers who work with a writer, make you work 1-2 years in advance of a book's release. So, my book, The Jesus Life which is the sequel to The Lazarus Life will not appear in stores until 2012 but the manuscript is actually due December 31 of THIS year. I'm carving out weeks now to do the actual writing. My shelves are lined with books/articles and clippings from things I 've read about Jesus, his life-style, his flow of life now for several years.
One of the premises of the book is that the busy life is not the abundant life. And since it is not, what does the abundant life actually look like; feel like; act like! One of the things I am discovering is the fascinating science of 'Chrono-biology'--the science of time. I've learned that bees know how to tell what time it is and what they need to do at certain times...when to make honey and when to not.
Seems like every living thing has a time and order to live life by...but humans. We refuse to follow an imprinted rhythm that I believe God has indelibly marked our souls with. In this particular chapter, I'm exploring the rhythm of life that Jesus was shaped by; lived by; did his life by. It was a daily rhythm, a weekly rhythm and an annual rhythm. All of these rhythms were repeated for 33 years in his very short life.
The Western world and the modern world has lost its cadence. We're on all the time. We live in a 24/7 world. That just may not foster the abundant life.
What about you? Have you read any articles books that you'd refer me to or discuss with me here? I'd welcome them all!