Owning, Keeping, and Sharing

Over the years, I've enjoyed reading the writings of others, and I've had my share of blogging and journaling in the past. I don't mind picking up a pad of paper and jotting down periodical thoughts, but I honestly thought my days of virtual journaling were over. To my surprise, however, the thoughts and posts of some friends, along with what I know to be conviction from the Holy Spirit, recently spurred within me great mental wrestling with several issues. I decided that those things needed to be sorted out, and it may be that the best way to do that is to put them here.

I don't want them here for people to see, as much I want them here for me to see. It's one thing to physically write things down, but letting my fingers madly fly across this keyboard seems to more accurately get my thoughts from in there to out here. It's also not a bad deal to be able to hit 'delete' whenever something comes out in a way that I didn't mean for it to. :)

So the posts that follow are for me. They're for my heart, my soul, my mind. I hope to turn to Scripture and song to encourage my spirit. I hope to vent about pain and suffering and to learn from those things. I hope to be real. I hope to be reminded of the hope that I have in Christ. While these posts are mainly for me, I invite you to join me in this journey...