Today is the eight-year
anniversary of writing a blog every day. In fact, today is my 2,948th
published blog. Some of you know the back story of why I started. For years I
always talked about writing a book, but never had the time. A friend challenged
me one day and asked, “How much did you write today”. Even a little but on a
consistent basis would be a good start. So, I started journaling every day. The
same friend later asked me if I was ready to be published. I had a journal not
a “book”. He asked if I ever thought of blogging. I didn’t even know what a
blog was. A week later, August 21, 2011, he set me up on blogspot, and here I
am eight years later. A lot has happened.
In
this time period I’ve had 8 grandchildren born (and one more on the way), moved
back to the Midwest, buried my Father and Mother, left Red Bank, came to
Hopewell, walked through cancer with my wife, 3 children were married, went on
mission trips to Haiti, Brazil, and Thailand, ministered with BGEA, experienced
hurricane Sandy, 4 pneumonias, 7 Summits, preached over 400 times, prayed
constantly, laughed and cried, and had lots of God moments!
Through
all of these (and many more) life experiences I began to wonder if I had any
more to write about or if anyone cared if I wrote or not. Every once in a while,
I think about giving it a rest… but God has different plans. I have people tell
me they read my blog every day and it helps them deal with life, or that a
certain message helped clarify a decision they needed to make. One day last
week with the help of you sharing a blog over a thousand people read about what
God expects. Hmm…
Ok I
get it. It’s not about me – it’s about God. As my life verse says, “Be joyful always, pray continually, give
thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I will
be joyful with all He has given me, pray continually for His perfect will,
thank and praise Him for the life I have. Thanks for reading (and sharing) and
living the Jesus life with me. – Pastor Ty
