Let’s start over.

Hello!

As I read this post, one thing kept coming to my mind about you. I will try to express my thoughts as clearly and with as much effort as you have put into your post.

Sometimes when you go on a mission trip you get much more out of it then the people you encounter. I was told this prior to going to Chicago to do innercity mission work back in High School. To alot of the people we encountered it was another day, another volunteer. To me, it was a once in a lifetime experience of helping someone I haven’t ever helped before.

Your blog in some ways is the same way. You put so much effort and time and energy into articulating your words and thoughts enough to make an impact in someone elses life, when I believe, you are impacting your own in ways that are deeper than a first-glance understanding provides.

I’m not saying that you aren’t making an impact in other people’s lives, because you clearly are, but at the same time, you are the most consistent visitor to your blog. You know everything you’ve written when a new person has alot of catching up to do, and unless they have hours of free time, they will probably skim read alot (which makes a category tool very convenient when looking for a certain topic). You’ve been to this blog every step of the way. You’ve put more into than most will get out of it, which is why I believe that a blogger is more or less ministering to themselves for purposes only God knows.

(Note: I feel this way largely because if I write or don’t write on my own blog, it is mainly a tool for myself, or at least, that’s how I’ve always viewed it. I see it as a public journal that you can’t just write dumb things into because of the possibility of real people reading it and being impacted by it. Therefore I put more thought into it and over time I can see how my walk has deteriorated or grown. On my myspace account I used to write very personal and negative things about my feelings back when I was in highschool and a freshman in college. Many times my words would worry people and it was an avenue to vent instead of training myself to be Godly. I don’t believe that it benefits people to have a negative view of life and do more harm to God’s name. Honesty is great, but I must always check myself which is a good habit to get into instead of giving way to my flesh. Ok…Note finished).

God is using a blog to make you a sharper thinker, I believe. (as I indicated above in my own experience of blogging…) Writing as beautifully as you do doesn’t come natural to most people, and I therefore believe that God is going to use the tool of writing in ministerial ways for you. You know this, or else you wouldn’t have written this post.

I’ve always thought you’d write a beautiful book about the Lord and what He means to you and practical things you’ve learned about how to live life in obedience to Him. Your blog is more or less a broken up book spread out over many “pages”.

Anyway, with all that said, I will end as a broken record.

You are very encouraging and your view of life and beautifully written thoughts bring inspiration for me to chew on throughout the day. Thankyou and I hope the weather is good today for you, even though it’s crummy rainy today here!

God bless!

-Kristy

(p.s. Sorry I wrote so much, once again. I get carried away.)