ANOTHER BLOG?

Why another blog?
Fair question.
Answer? Not because there aren’t enough blogs! Not because I’m more spiritual or have all of the answers. A couple of reasons come to mind. The first comes from something that I read in John Pipers writings. He said that J. Oswald Sanders wrote a book a year for 18 years after turning 70! How dare we waste our time and abilities? “There are people all over America quitting on life at age 65 and dying on some golf course in Nevada instead of laying down their lives for the gospel.” And though I have no intention of writing books, I really hate golf.

More seriously, the other reason stems from recent events in my life, and some of what God has impressed on me through those events. About two years ago, my dad died. During that time, I heard a song that impacted my reflections on how short life is. It is taken from scriptures such as James 4:14 and Psalms 103: 15-16.

I am a flower quickly fading,
A wave tossed by the ocean.
A vapor in the wind.

Death of loved ones brings this home to us, but also spurred thoughts beyond that for me. If my life is indeed “just a vapor”, then I feel an urgency to share the things that God has taught me, lest when that vapor vanishes, the record of my life with Him vanishes with me. This again, is not because I have responded perfectly, or in some cases anything but miserably. But because I have been so blessed to have gleaned from others, and in the hope that others can glean from me in the same way. Also because I desire to “stimulate each other to love and good deeds”.
(Heb. 10:24), and feel that this would be a good forum for that. I love to discuss ideas, the writings of great men of God, and what we can learn from their lives and experiences with God.


So join with me, and interact with your thoughts. Agree, disagree, clarify, share, debate. But most of all dig deeply together, so that we may press on towards maturity in Him.