About this Little Blog

I think I started this blog about three years or so ago. As you can see, I'm not very good at finishing, or really starting, any of my ideas. I keep saying each year that I will write more on here, that I will be more consistent at posting, blah blah blah... New Year's Resolutions in our own strength and mindset never work! I'm praying that this year will be different. Different doesn't necessarily mean posting lots of posts or things like that, but I hope to grow in Grace, to live a life worthy of Christ, and to live in a way that brings God the glory. The name of the blog comes from my favorite passage of the Bible--Philippians 3.

But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
(Philippians 3:7-16 ESV)
I love these verses as they are such a clear picture of what I want my life to be like. I want to be characterized by Jesus. I want to know him... I hope that in someways this blog can help me press on to the goal. I have noticed recently that whenever I read God's word I come away with lots of good things and truths that I have learned, but then I forget it about 10 minutes later as the random distractions (sometimes unnecessary) of life get in the way. I don't want to be like the man in James who when he looks in the mirror forgets what he looks like (James 1:23-24).. or like the man who built his house on the sand (Matthew 7:24-27). Both analogies reference one who looks to God's word, and then forgets what he hears, or doesn't obey what he was told. I don't want to be like that anymore.
So this is what I'm hoping to do in light of all of this.... I'm hoping to write on here at least once a week and share what God has been teaching me, my struggles (because, like Paul, I am nowhere near perfect!!!), and what I have been thinking about. I am praying that as I take the time to write things down just once more, that I will remember God's word better and keep him as my focus throughout the week. Ultimately, I want to learn to abide in Him and in his love, as only through resting in Him will I grow and bear fruit (John 15). May this blog, and my life, be used to bring God more glory! (Romans 16: 25-27)