In restarting the blog, a thought that has come across my mind is, if I write about my point of view, that God is a good God! That He loves us and cares for us. That ideally what is written in the Bible is how we should attempt to live. That we are to be not only hearers of the gospel, but also doers of what is written, I could have an effect on people for the better.

It’s been over a year since I’ve written a blog post. There for a bit I had tried to do some video editing for the Church I attend. It went OK for a while. But, I put so much time in a couple minute spot each week, that I found myself getting only a couple hours of sleep a night, which affected my health.

Since the time I stopped, the thought has come back to me off and on to restart the blog. My wife tried to discourage me initially because of the time constraints that she felt I still had. But, the recurring thought just wouldn’t go away. I considered my wife’s concern, and we discussed it. We’ve decided that the blog is something that I should restart.

Part of the reason for this persistent thought is my son’s influence. He had challenged me to focus more on current events. I, for many years have ignored the main stream media because of my personal feeling of its left leaning, progressive liberal bias. They state that we need to exercise tolerance for their thoughts and agenda. However, tolerance is a virtue that they could very well exercise and use themselves. Especially when people express a opposite point of view from theirs.

As I pondered restarting the blog, I had read that there are many bloggers that have limited to no subscribers. At the time I stopped the blog, I too had limited to no subscribers. So, why type something in which no one is going to read? I remember setting a goal for 50 subscribers when I started the blog. When I stopped, I was nowhere near that number.  But, I was surprised to learn that over the past year the blog has attracted in its static state additional subscribers and now exceeds that number by 48%.

Correction from a Loyal Friend Can Help Us Change Forever

A challenge I will face is coming up with content, and being consistent. It has been brought to my attention that I am a good starter, but not always a good finisher. I’ve heard it said of me “what’s the matter with this guy? He starts but doesn’t follow through and finish!”

Our Daily Bread Devotional, dated February 18, 2008, states that being struck and rebuked by a righteous person is a kindness (link to the web page below). It is in our nature not to want our faults pointed out. At least I know for my sake I do not. But, when it comes from a loving friend in the right spirit it is a great kindness as stated in Psalm 141.

Psalm 141:5 (NIV) 

Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;

Let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.

The word spoken by my friend about my inconsistency was spoken in love. No harm or malice was meant by it. It was a faithful word of correction for me similar to what Solomon states in Proverbs 27.

Proverbs 27:6 (NKJV)

 Faithful are the wounds of a friend

Some of the concepts I express in the future may come across as radically different from a readers point of view, or maybe as a word of correction. If it does, know that I mean to say it in kindness. I mean to write the blogs as faithfully in line with the scriptures as I know how.  As we strive to enter into God’s rest, there are times when we need the washing of the word to highlight areas where we have become stained by the spirit of the age, and need to have our minds and ways cleansed.

In restarting the blog, I want to express in the end that God is a good God! Who loves and cares for us! Let’s not only be hearers of God’s word, but also doers of the word! Steering free from the spirit of the age, repenting and knowing that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. It is my hope that this blog will affect others for the better.

https://odb.org/2008/02/11/the-wounds-of-a-friend/