When I was in high school - yes, they had them back then - keeping a diary was all the rage. I heard friends talking about theirs, how they hid them from their mothers and little brothers, how they wrote their deepest secrets in them. So I started one. I wrote in it a few times, and kept it locked and in the back of my closet. I really didn't have any shameful secrets to write about, thankfully, and found it difficult to find ANYTHING to put in it most days. So I skipped a lot of entries, then just stopped altogether. I don't even know what happened to that diary.
After our daughter, Tracee, was born, I started a journal (sounds more grown up than "diary") that I planned to give to her one day so that she would know what her childhood was like. I think I lasted about two months. I'm seeing a pattern here.
Now I find myself pressed to make time for blogging. It's hard to find anything to write about that might be remotely interesting to anyone else. Is this hard for anyone else???
So, as old-time story tellers used to say, the moral of the story is this. I'm reminded that I am a waverer, not completely reliable, inconsistent, in many areas of my life. I want to be more disciplined, but not to the point of becoming so predictable that I'm boring. (Ever know anyone like that?) I desire consistency. I find such consistency not in me, but in the Savior I serve. "Remember your leaders, who spoke the Word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:7,8 What a fantastic truth. Me? Not consistent. Jesus? ALWAYS CONSISTENT. NEVER CHANGING. ALWAYS HERE WITH ME.
Now that's worth writing about!
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I am smiling at your comment about not having anything to blog about that could be interesting to others! I think that some of us find it easier to have a subject given to us...that is safer and easier to respond to! And, I smile because I find you a wealth of interesting knowlege...who else has the knowlege of how toads and dragonflies lay their eggs? And I always know who's number I dial when I have a question about a verse in the Bible or need some comforting or reassurances about my faith! I have been so glad to have you as a neighbor and friend! And I, for one, look forward to reading your new posts!
Juri
I agree with Juri! I think you have TONS to write about! Your life is soooo full in so many areas!!!! As for consistancy --- there are no blank pages with dates on blogs! Not like the old diaries that we hid between our mattresses!!!! I am probably the most inconsistant person there ever was ---- I HATE doing anything the same way twice, at the same time, or on the same day. Hate traveling the same roads or being committed to times and days.
You are right! It is the most wonderful thing to know that the Lord IS committed to ME to do what He says He will do.
And I, for one, would read your blog, even if it was about the sex life of toads and dragonflies!!!!!
Cora
It's like I'm reading my own story! I struggle at times too. But I have enjoyed reading EVERY entry. And now that I know you know about toads & dragonflies, I just might be jotting a note when our school year begins! LOL
I'm so glad Jesus is always there and reliable. Praise the Lord!
Smiles,
Lea
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