I had an epiphany as I wrote my tentative first blog post some days ago. Sometimes I talk too much. Needless to say, I erased it in disgust. I am a writer and it is very easy for me to dress things up in nice, neat, presentable packages of prose. If John the Baptist were a character of mine, he may have founded a nice, neat oasis in the desert where he studied the arts and dined upon obscure delicacies of grass fed locusts and organic wild honey. He would have worn non-scratchy, non-camel hair clothing, and probably spoken with sophisticated air about him. He would have been nicer. I shudder to think of just how much I may actually project my idea of right, balanced, and whole on the gospel and the Word of God. I don’t want to do that here. I want to listen, learn, and share in this space what God is teaching me. I want to share wins, where I have been amazingly encouraged and emboldened by the moving hand of God. I want to share challenges, where I am struggling with things that war against the good work God has begun in my life. Most of all, I just want to be real. No frills, no lace, just truth and the challenges and rewards that it brings. I do hope you all will take part in this journey with me. It’s not just about me and what I am doing, but all about God and what He is accomplishing in our lives and the world. My wish for this blog is for God to be exalted, even when I am struggling, and to point back to Him through it all.
