Well, I used to anyway... Betsy started blogging some time ago. My initial reaction was that I 'hated the word blog' and that it was 'a trendy way to convince people how great your life is'. Now those opinions have not entirely changed. I don't despise the word blog as much as I used to, but it's still not the greatest. And I do think blogging is a trendy way to inform people about your life (I realize a lot of people don't do it to show how great they are, some do though). So...here I am, jumping on the bandwagon (how manypeople have put that phrase in their first blog post?). I feel I have a somewhat artsy/creative side that is not often expressed, so here it is. And according to my sister Sara, there are so many 'little things' that I do that they never know about. What a great way to make even the smallest, insignificant events of my life seem cool.
I realized I am very quick to announce my faults to those around me. (Which is often seeing I have a lot of them - see I'm announcing a fault already, having many of them). Maybe I'm just really secure...or maybe I am open about them to pretend like I'm secure and give others no chance to point them out. Right after I had been pondering this and becoming a little discouraged thinking of my many weaknesses, I was reading my bible before bed and stumbled upon 2 corinthians chapter 12. Being a relatively new christian, there are many great scriptures I haven't yet discovered (or at least not in my NIV, growing up with the KJV). So I began reading about Paul's thorn in his side and got to verse 9..."My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Ah, the solution to my many, many weaknesses: The grace and unimaginable power of our Lord. This verse brough a huge smile to my face. One of those "wow, I'm so happy to be a follower of Christ" moments. So hence the name of my blog...despite my weaknesses, God's grace is sufficient and one day, for eternity, I will be perfect!
As for my web address for the blog...maybe some other day.
2 comments:
I think you share your weaknesses because - unlike some of us - you can actually identify them and deal with them.
you are loved.
Betsy
Love it, love it...great blog title. I visited good ol Marsteller St today checking out Andrew's apt after our photo shoot. It was fun to be on campus again. Wish I could have seen you too. I'll look forward to reading the details of your life and maybe one day I'll hop on the blogwagon as well...sara
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