Well hello everyone, yes I have returned. I cannot
really believe that over 4 months have passed since my last post on this blog
site.
So much has been going on in my life that I let my
focus shift away from what I think God was using within these blogs and I have
now been brought back to them. Some of what has happened and the experiences
that I am now going through will unfold in these pages over the coming months.
It was a recent coffee with a good friend that made me
really think about these blogs and their value. This guy is a superb bloke, a
husband and father, and has a challenging job in a challenging industry. I
think he will probably read this when he sees the various posts and links
again, and I hope he will not mind me saying the following.
He said something
profound to me about this site. The reason it had a profound impact is that he
wasn’t what I had thought was my “targeted” audience.
You see I predominantly write about what I think is
being revealed to me in my Christian life through Father God, both the good
things He highlights but also my short comings and therefore sometimes the
short comings of the “church”. As far as I am aware my friend is not a regular church
goer, and as I think back I don’t think we have ever gone onto any depth about
what he may or may not believe about God, however he is someone who’s company I
enjoy and whose stories I enjoy sharing through his own writings.
Anyway we had
a bit of an open chat about what was going on with my life and he said he hadn’t
seen the blogs for a while and that “he had missed reading them because he
enjoyed what they had to say”, in particular he enjoyed “reading a truthful analysis
of where I was at in my Christian life”, which as I have said can be great
places as well as difficult ones.
So I reflected on that over the past week and have decided
to try and commit time to continue writing this blog. There are new things
taking place in my life, some amazing challenges and lessons learnt, and some
amazing blessings even in the midst of hard times, and a new freedom through a
negative situation. Now there is a lot in that sentence that is cryptic and a
lot I have to decide on how much to unpack and how vulnerable I make myself,
not that I am afraid of vulnerability, I just have to know that it is for His
glory and not for self enhancement.
So my next blog will be to close out the series I had
left hanging at the start of June and just write it up in a much simpler format
than I had previously attempted as I share why three verses in Luke (Luke 2 vs.
36 – 38) are so significant, and how those three verses just demonstrate, as
did my conversation with my friend, that we can never fully know the impact we
have on those around us when we simply allow God to lead and we follow His
leading
God Bless you All, forgive my absence and I pray
that God provides me insights that can be shared to encourage His people.
Amen
