It would be fair to say that writing this blog post has made me a liar. I have promised myself and said aloud to many friends that I would never write a blog. However, here I am, writing a post.
"Why would you go back on your word, Katie?" you might fairly ask. I am going back on my word because I want this blog to be different than the one I am scared I might make it.
So often blogging, while initially intended to inform and benefit the readers, ends up being a place where the author writes so that they will get comments on how great they are and readers feel either that they could do a better job or envious that they can't.
In other words, I think blogging is often a place where the sinful nature thrives. I know, it's shocking since we live in such a perfect world, but it's true.
And, as shocking a revelation as this may be, I am not immune to the pull of the sinful nature. In fact, I spent the last three days constructing a sentence about it, which is evidence of my tendency want people to praise me...
Here it is in all it's glory:
Blogging is all too often the pigpen in which fallen humans belly up to the trough of the praise of man in a futile attempt to appease the paunch of pride.
Nice, huh (bring on the comments!)...
Okay, but joking aside, I do think that blogging can be a good way to bring honor and glory to the Lord. It is a venue to preach the gospel to each other. In our busy lives, we can spur one another on to love and good deeds. Like everything in God's groaning creation, it can be redeemed by Him and used for His glory and our good!
So how is this blog going to be different? And how am I going to write on it without wanting you to tell me how clever I am and checking a bunch of times a day to see how many people have read or commented on it?
I had a few thoughts. One was that I could ask you to post only negative comments about my writing. However, I trust that the Lord will give me things to say that are honoring to Him and edifying to you. Also, that would probably be disheartening. So I discarded that plan. Another was to create a "dislike" button, since everyone wants one anyway, but I am not computer savvy enough to pull that off.
And so I prayed about it. And the Lord humbled me and reminded me to be honest right away about my tendency to live for the praise of others. And He also gave me the idea to ask you to be a part of the content!
So, if you feel that you have a paragraph or two that you would like to blog here, write it out and email it to me. Then I'll post it here. Also, please do comment on the things that are posted, not to puff up the pride of the blogger, but instead to "enter the conversation" (an overused phrase that I don't like either, but does fit) with us so that this is a discussion about the greatness of Jesus and His love for us as His precious daughters.
In other words:
May this blog be a banquet table where daughters of the King feast at the table of the greatness of the Lord who fills us with Himself and makes us like Him as we see Him.
