About so many things. It's a constant process of evaluating, relearning, tearing down, rebuilding. As I scientific thinker, I'm constantly gathering data...even subconsciously. I assess my findings, draw conclusions, and build life "rules" or laws, if you will. I wasn't kidding; it's legitimately the scientific method.
When I threw the gauntlet down (okay, it was more like a light offer), challenging a friend to blog weekly, I began to consider what I might blog about weekly myself. I decided it would be a good exercise to try to write a series around a theme. What could I find to go on about weekly for six or eight weeks? Where would I get the material, the inspiration? It was daunting. It still is. But something I do know a lot about and have a wealth of experience with is being wrong.
Being wrong is messy, humbling, halting, gracious, and beautiful at times. It's priceless when it means victorious redirection. Sometimes it means regret. It often bring gratitude for grace and second chances.
With a lengthy intro, I won't spend many words on this "wrong". I will state the obvious. I was wrong about why to try to blog. I was wrong when my goal was to get people to be interested in what I thought or what I was doing or how I could tie my thoughts in a bow at the end with a relevant Scripture passage. I spent all of my childhood years pining to be famous...for anything. I wanted to be a singer, an actress, a model, a child genius, a famous scientist, basically anything that would make me a household name. I figured out pretty quick I wasn't going to put in the work to become famous for a sport, so those were the best my little aspiring mind could come up with. Thank the Lord He didn't give me any of those. I would have been insufferable. See? The gratitude.
But He gave me some traits and lessons to use for the greater good. So if by blogging, by sharing words about my life or my thoughts or my heart, I connect with another heart or connect another heart to His, I will give this a go. I will try to hone this skill. I will say another small "yes" and look for what He wants to do. I will not let fear deter me, or not this time anyway. I will risk embarrassment, critique, and being misunderstood. I was wrong about not trying. So we doing this. And I left out the helping verb on purpose in the last sentence.
When I threw the gauntlet down (okay, it was more like a light offer), challenging a friend to blog weekly, I began to consider what I might blog about weekly myself. I decided it would be a good exercise to try to write a series around a theme. What could I find to go on about weekly for six or eight weeks? Where would I get the material, the inspiration? It was daunting. It still is. But something I do know a lot about and have a wealth of experience with is being wrong.
Being wrong is messy, humbling, halting, gracious, and beautiful at times. It's priceless when it means victorious redirection. Sometimes it means regret. It often bring gratitude for grace and second chances.
With a lengthy intro, I won't spend many words on this "wrong". I will state the obvious. I was wrong about why to try to blog. I was wrong when my goal was to get people to be interested in what I thought or what I was doing or how I could tie my thoughts in a bow at the end with a relevant Scripture passage. I spent all of my childhood years pining to be famous...for anything. I wanted to be a singer, an actress, a model, a child genius, a famous scientist, basically anything that would make me a household name. I figured out pretty quick I wasn't going to put in the work to become famous for a sport, so those were the best my little aspiring mind could come up with. Thank the Lord He didn't give me any of those. I would have been insufferable. See? The gratitude.
But He gave me some traits and lessons to use for the greater good. So if by blogging, by sharing words about my life or my thoughts or my heart, I connect with another heart or connect another heart to His, I will give this a go. I will try to hone this skill. I will say another small "yes" and look for what He wants to do. I will not let fear deter me, or not this time anyway. I will risk embarrassment, critique, and being misunderstood. I was wrong about not trying. So we doing this. And I left out the helping verb on purpose in the last sentence.
Yay! Thanks for risking with me! I love this. Thanks for being so authentic. I'm excited for what comes next!
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