Well, in my defense (or, better, as my excuse) regarding my extended leave of absence from my little piece of Bloggerland, for the LONGEST time I was having serious issues with eblogger. Everytime I would browse/read/think about the blogs on eblogger, our computers here in the office would get kicked off of our server! So very bizarre. And apparently, based on my survey of other bloggers, I was the only person in the universe having this problem. Whattup?
But you may all breathe a sigh of relief because the aforementioned problem has somehow been cleared up and I am back in the saddle, so to speak.
Been thinking a lot about a couple of things lately:
1) Pride. It influences the choice of clothes I wear on any given day, words I speak, ministries in which I participate, fights I battle to win, things I let go. Even when I'm "good", it's for the sake of my pride. (I've realized that, most of the time, when I'm wishing I were more disciplined or prayerful or generally Christ-like, it is for the sake of being made greater in the eyes of my brothers and sisters! Yuh-uck.) And pride is the opposite of humility. The opposite of a right estimation of oneself (or others). The opposite of a true understanding of who God is. My heart breaks at how captive I feel to my own pride. At how habitual it is to regard others as less important than myself or my opinion as the greatest and best. It's hard to imagine a different way of thinking or operating, but I trust Christ is working in me. I'm just ready to see a difference.
2) Songwriting. I've been challenged by good friends and ministers to explore this area of musicianship. I'm SO intimidated! The thought of songwriting has always interested and intrigued me (in fact, "Write a song" is in my
Top Ten Things I Want To Do Before I Die list) but I'm either too lazy or too stinkin' scared to actually DO it. So...suggestions? What kinds of songs would you like to see me write?
