'Why I Blog'

I am excited to be a participant to a recent series stated by my sweet friend, Jennifer, at 'Getting Down With Jesus'. It's easy for me really. The reason I personally enjoy blogging is simple. I love to share. I love to share the love, laughter, giggles, and great smiles that I see in my two children (as above from yesterday). I blog because I believe that is how God intended for us to live our lives; as little children do (or should be able to do), full of no worries but just trusting everything will be alright. I believe no child should have to suffer, but instead should have joy and happiness in their hearts. I blog because for me, I find satisfaction in sharing the love I feel from my kids and the unconditional love I give back to them. I blog to express the positive emotions that I feel God desires us all of us to have. However, I'm not stupid either. I know this is not how every one's life really panned out to be when they were born. There is a song on my blog that plays 'I'll Walk Through the Valley if You Want Me Too'; you should turn it up and listen to the words. The lady is singing about her own valley (meaning her own struggles), but that she will rely on Jesus because she places her trust in Him to bring her through to the other side. And not just through to the other side from how she entered it but better yet, she knows she'll be stronger because of it. (James 1:2-4) Life of course will not always be so 'perfect' with giggles, laughing, and smiles. Trust me I came from a very messed up home life and I know of other blogger friends who have to. And it's this reason that I blog.....to show that even if I suffered this doesn't mean my kids have to....no, no, no. Quite the opposite; Christ drew me to Him (Isaiah 49:1) and revealed a lot of hidden things I did not know (Isaiah 45:3) and with that information I was able to rise up, break the generations of abuse in my family that went way back, and essentially change the course of history for my kids. Sometimes I will blog about other things just to journal different thoughts I may have; it may not even have to do with Him. I might just share something silly or random I heard, read about, or whatnot that I wanted to share. But mostly I blog because God placed it in my heart to blog about His love, the awesome things He, and only He, can do in restoring and healing the weak, broken, lonely, depressed, sad, or other unexplained feelings. Ya see, at first my blog beginnings were based just about my family so that non local relatives and friends can view pics of our kids or get easy updates on our lives with just a click of an Internet button. (And believe me back then you wouldn't even want to view my blog; I had 'blog-a-sitis'; had no clue about the ropes of anything having to do with the blogosphere.) However God knew before I did that my blogging (journalism done publicly) would not stay in that direction. No, He eventually turned it all focused on Him. And I love that. God is no respecter of any person. (Acts 10:34) I blog because I have a passion that Christ has placed in me and I believe He wishes for me to share in what He does through that. And I truly enjoy it.

Thank you Jennifer for being such a good friend to me.