Why did I create a blog?

   Why did I create a blog? Well, there are many answers to this question. In short, I want to be a real writer some day (I guess that makes me a fake one currently) and a blog seems like a good place to practice. It seems like a good place to do some intentional writing - some writing that, I hope, will be read by people. This will force me to try to write better than I do in my journal. With more structure. With more direction. We'll see how it goes.

   The other reason I'll post is this: I love Jesus. My thoughts revolve around this love. There have been days where I have felt so down and out and purposeless, so undignified, that I wonder how anyone without this soul saving love carries on. I couldn't. It's my refuge, my comfort; it's the food, the wine, the oxygen of my soul. I want to write about it. Maybe it'll comfort someone, somewhere, who's feeling down and out...purposeless. I'll try to keep the thoughts joyful and hopeful. And honest.

   I have a tattoo on my foot. It's a short saying in aramaic: "Talitha cumi". It means "Little girl, I say to you arise." Jesus said it to Jairus' twelve year-old daughter when he raised her from the dead. I was twelve when he raised me from the dead. I was twelve when I was told my purpose - to bring glory to Him. I was twelve when I was given dignity and identity - I'm a daughter of the King of Kings. How fantastic is that?

   "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust." (Psalm 103:11-14)

   

Grace and Peace,

Brit