steadfastness.

this has got to be one thing that i LONG for.  you know, to really be steadfast, to not lose sight of what matters and to hear "well done good and faithful servant"...
i've spent some time wrestling with the will of God and the moral will vs. the practical will and how we can know that we know that it is God's will. 
the phrase "will of God" is seldom used throughout scripture, and mostly it's Paul saying he's _____ by the will of God.  we know it's God's will to be sanctified, thankful, servants of Christ, putting to silence ignorant people, and to abstain from sexual immorality. 
at the same time Christ came to do His Father's will, only doing what He saw done first.  what would it look like if i lived that way.
you know, love wins.
i sat in a car yesterday with a conversation about why i had it on the inside of my car instead of the outside, becuase it's really more  a message to me than to those around me, if i don't live in a way that is constantly loving, how can i expect and ask others to... this is the way Christ lived, and the only way we can be expected to live in the same way, He did it first.
some random thoughts, but really, i do want to be counted as steadfast...