Waking Up

The other night, my friend Tammy came to town and spent the night here. This was wonderful for a variety of reasons (LOVE that girl), but not the point of the post. When she was here, she showed me how to check the stats on my blog. I can see how people find it (I have security pretty tight, so I know it's not through Google...) and from what country they are viewing. The U.S. is all lumped in together, so I don't know whether you're reading from California or next door, but I'm not as concerned about that.
Through this little exercise, I have learned that there are a handful of people who read this each day from Germany, and a couple in South Korea and Russia.

This was an awakening for me. One I'm not altogether comfortable with. Not because I don't want people to read....I do!
Just because I don't know who my audience is. Which means, I don't know where you are with your relationship with Christ (or lack thereof...) and....well....that's the MAIN POINT!!!

So:

Dear Germany, South Korea, and Russia,

I feel terribly that I'm writing about the colors of my kitchen and not always the good stuff. I'm sure you could care less that I'll be spending spare minutes this week fixing my latest color EPIC FAIL. (Ugh).

I'm going to be adding a new page (if I can figure it out) that is just the Gospel. What the Good News is and why I believe it. Then, that will be accessible all the time from the home screen so that you don't have to wade through screens of addled thinking on whatever it is I'm thinking, in order to get to the meat of all things worth thinking. I will tell you a little bit about why Christ is everything to me, then leave you with the understanding that it ISN'T ABOUT ME. He can and will change your life, too, when you know Him.

I also want to be more intentional about posting writings that are challenging me, or things that I'm reading. I love when others do that....and to be able to have friends with which to discuss them is even better. There's one weighing on my mind right now that I don't want to post--I'm not qualified--but for which I am praying daily. I'll have to think about whether this is the right venue, or if that's more a conversation-type thing.

Don't worry. I'll still ramble. As long as I've been asking for God to change my personality into something more....coherent...He hasn't. So as long as I'm authoring this blog, it'll be a mess.
But I also just want to be sure that whatever tools I have....in whatever arena....that they being used for something that lasts far longer than I will.

Keep reading, South Korea, Russia, and Germany. But don't stop here. Read and get to know the One who loves you, through His own words in the Bible. Then write me! I'd love to hear how He works in your life!!

Amy