I've decided to pick up blogging again after about 3 years off.
Why blog?
For me, blogging is foundationally a devotional activity. It's less about conveying information & more about pursuing God. It's less about communicating opinions & more about expressing love for Jesus. In the process of me seeking to honour Him through the words that I write, I hope that others are helped & led into a deeper joy in God themselves.
Blogging is also a means of being disciplined & diligent about using words to convey what the Lord is teaching me as I walk with Him, study His word & live in community with His people. I am a man who needs discipline. I'm all too easily pulled into the laziness of my flesh & so, with the Spirit's help, I pray that blogging would be a weapon to combat laziness with intentional expressing of & meditation upon God's ongoing, sanctifying work in my life.
Finally, blogging is a celebration of God's grace. I exist to bring God glory by magnifying the grace He has shown me in Christ, & if blogging can be a way of me doing that, I want to give it a try.
As John the Baptist said, blogging is about Christ increasing & me decreasing. That is what makes my joy complete (John 3:29-30)
2 comments:
Bit quiet here!
Hey Dude
Been reading some of your old posts (they appear in your RSS feed in case you weren't aware!) and wanted to encourage you to keep going. They are really helpful, insightful and encouraging.
I understand that you might not have time! But if you do resolve to keep blogging, you could try setting yourself a target of how often to post, to help with the discipline. And if you do keep going, don't lose your openness and honesty.
Blessings man!
Chris
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