Our group of loyal readers could band together to impact the lives of children for eternity. Are there reasons not to?
continued...I feel safer in our corner of NYC than I've felt anywhere else in my whole life. So why does part of me feel compelled to leave?
continued...In honor of Earth Day, we can finally share about the non-profit organization that we started in 2006 to care for God's amazing earth.
continued...Cool Mum just told me that I overhyped the hugetastic news that is supposed to drop here tomorrow. What can I say: I’m a fan of the dramatic!
It’s been a whirlwind last few days as I’m working on several projects as well as did our taxes laaate last night. To be honest, I was relieved that a post didn’t have to come up here like during the 40 days of Lent. Here are a few notes during that time of daily posting:
- This is the first time that I’ve ever fulfilled a Lent commitment. And that’s not counting those ridiculous ones that I made as a kid, like “I promise that I won’t throw anyone’s pets into a canyon during the next 40 days.” Boy, would I have felt bad for breaking that one; probably more for the animal-tossing than the commitment-breaking.
- There were a few posts that I particularly liked. Cool Mum added some good ones as well. However, the commitment soon became an obligation, especially considering how busy life had already been. Overall, post quality may have gone down as I just wanted to put something up before midnight. That’s never a good thing. I think we’re a 3-4 post per week kind of family.
- The weekend before Easter, I was ready to quit the Lent commitment. It’s not because I was completely burned out, which is not the case since we made it through fine. I wanted to quit because it had certainly become an obligation. I wasn’t thinking about what God wanted to do through our blog. I was just thinking about the ‘job’ and my reputation.
It was a personal challenge, not a divinely-inspired one. I’m glad that we met the challenge, but life isn’t about overcoming our challenges. It’s about obeying and glorifying God lovingly and cheerfully.
So those are some quick lessons from Lent. We’ll see you back here on Thursday!
At church tonight, our pastor said something that I loved. I don’t remember if he quoted someone, paraphrased, or wrote it himself, but it sums up Easter in a powerful and exciting way. My unelegant paraphrase:
He was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced. He suffered the full brunt of the cruelty of the Roman Empire through crucifixion.
And He came back from the dead. What can you do with such a person? Nothing.
God is running wild throughout the world, doing as He pleases. Nothing can stop Him. That’s our God.
Heck yeah and Happy Easter!
