Thursday, July 11, 2013

A Journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step...

Today I make a commitment to blogging.  It feels like I'm just throwing 'my stuff' out there to the wind without any control over what will happen with it.  In church on Sunday there are people who have made a commitment to 'show up.'  There is this implied contract; so long as I do not talk too long they will listen.  This blog, however, is simply me in my office typing random thoughts with the frail hope that perhaps someone out there will give me a few seconds of their time.  How does a busy person justify engaging in this crazy hopeless endeavor?

A favorite text of mine is from Scripture... Hebrews 11.1: 'Faith is the confidence of things hoped for and the assurance of what is not seen.'  

Call it foolishness but I have chosen to let my hoped for future and not my past experience guide my life.  I have stubbornly held to the conviction that we are more than what appears on the surface, and that the past does not need to control our destiny.  Some may call it pie-in-the sky, but I believe that the world would be a far better place if we lived our lives guided by our hopes rather than allow our perception of the past to limit us.

So, it is my hope that a few words from a person like me, might just be the lever that moves a life toward the possibilities that are ours through the grace of God.  It is my foolishness to believe that one person can make a world of difference.  It is my belief that the Word of God is alive, and this is crazy; but that sometimes that Word can speak to our hearts through silly things like blogs.

Here I am, a blogger now.  I am committed to blogging Monday and Thursday every week regardless of whether you read this or not.  I hope you will pass me onto friends and foes alike, but whether you do or not, as old Martin Luther said so long ago, 'Here I Stand, I can do no other.'  

The journey begins....

Peace,
Pal