Here I Go Again

The initial intention of creating this blog a year ago was for me to have my own little section of the internet void to shout into. Life did what it does, and sucked me away from that intention, explaining the single post that lives here from over a year ago. My father encouraged me to take up the practice of posting regularly on here, not as a shout into the void, but to allow a space for others to know about my life. 

When presented with the presumption that there are people out there that might be interested in knowing about my life, I was struck with both discomfort and disbelief. Discomfort rooted in the opinion that my life is my own and private and that others do not have a claim to it. Disbelief rooted in the feeling that even if I opened a door and left an open invitation that no one would feel inclined to come inside. 

These are both mindsets God has been shaking out of me, mainly because they are both giving “me” way too much agency in the life I have been gifted. The logic that the life I have is my own and worthy of “privacy” is not Biblically accurate. The life I am living is one that was granted to me by the architect of the universe as a way to further His glory. If that is the purpose of my life, then do I really have any right to keep others from knowing about what He is doing with it? And if I am called to be a witness for Him, and that I will receive the power of the Holy Spirit when I do ( Acts 1:8 ), then how could I be surprised that He would provide the people who need to hear what I have to say? 

So, if you are reading these words, know that I am grateful for the opportunity to be a witness of the Lord my God for you. I pray that God blesses my words, giving them the power to meet you where you are, and be what He needs them to be for you.