What inspires you?

I just finished writing my second 6 page paper in three days and yet instead of taking a well deserved writing break, I decided that it was time for me to once again put fingers to keys and bring another enlightening blog to the world.

This second paper was all about the inspiration and authority of scripture. This led me to wonder, what exactly inspires everyone out there? Everyone draws an inspiration from somewhere. Even the most vile psychopath wants to be the next Ted Bundy or Charles Manson. So where does inspiration come from? What is it about certain people, actions, and events that raises up in us something that wasn't there before.

For me my inspiration comes mostly from my family. Call me biased, but I have told everyone that I meet that Billy Graham is the second greatest preacher I've ever heard, second only to my grandfather. He is my constant inspiration and even in his death he inspired me all the more. I will never in my life forget the sheer number of people that attended my grandfather's funeral. And I will never forget dozens of middle-aged adults putting quarters into my grandfather's casket, returning the favor for the quarter that he had always had for them when they were young. Just the thought of it brings tears to my eyes even as I write this, and yet nothing could inspire me more to be the kind of man my grandfather was.

However, the inspiration doesn't stop with my grandfather. During the past two years I have had the privilege of being friends and working alongside some of the most godly men that I have ever known. Kelly Wolverton, Stanton Blackburn, Erik Kale, and Brian Dubose inspire me daily to be the kind of men that they are. There ability to be servants for those in need, and to be the husbands, fathers, and friends that God has called them be inspires me more and more as I spend time with them. There ability to act in the best interest of God and the people of God rather than just themselves is a testimony to what a godly man is supposed to be.

So if you are reading this blog, don't just read it and move on. Take some time to leave a comment and tell me, what or who is it that inspires you???