I’ve always been a writer in my walk with God. Though it hasn’t always been constant, I have kept a spiritual journal of sorts since my early teens, and have always found it to be the best way of organizing my thoughts, working through my doubts, asking questions, keeping myself accountable, etc.etc.etc…. But having been recently introduced to the great wide world of blogging, I have begun to realize the potential benefits of a public journal, where I can give others a glimpse of what God is doing in my life, and receive their encouragement/advice when I’m struggling. Hopefully “going public” will also help me to curb my innate tendency to focus on the negative – yes, it’s true, I’m pretty pessimistic - and avoid the pity-party that my journal often degenerates into.  I really do want to learn to “set my sights above”…and I think that blogging is something that can help me to do that.  So if you’re on a similar journey (or even if you’re not), I hope that you will stay and read awhile. 

Oh, and just so you know…this may not ALWAYS be serious, spiritual stuff.  I am not a theologian, I just want to learn to see the world as God sees it and understand what he is doing in my life and in the lives of others.  So I might have to brag about my kids now and then, or share a funny comment from my husband, or just vent, but hopefully in the end it will all come back to Him.  He’s my life, after all.

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.  Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.  For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.  And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.”  

Colossians 3:1-4

See you again soon!