Why am I doing any of this? I think
it's good to take a step back from things every once in a while and
reassess why you do the things you do to ensure your heart is still
in the right place (assuming it was in the right place to begin
with). In the last post, I mentioned that I'm thankful for this blog
and a couple of reasons why I'm thankful for it. But I have had to
really take a step back and examine and refocus my purpose and intent
for this blog. Being thankful for something you do and knowing why
you're doing it are two very different things.
After thinking about it for a day or
two, I still found myself questioning for what/whom I was doing this.
But I think the answer was kind of staring me in the face the whole
time. It says at the top of this page, “What it means to be a
woman, a wife, and a student from a sinner that's still learning.”
That's it! (Duh?) Yes, this whole blog is part journaling and part
writing for those interested in my own learning process of life. But
my desire is really for it to be (or become) an encouragement to
people (particularly – but not limited – to women) who either
find themselves in similar stages of life, or can look back to the
time when they have been in these stages and can relate in one way or
another. I pray that the main reason why it can be an encouragement
is because it points to the limitless God who is bigger than our
circumstances, stages, and preconceived notions of reality.
What it means to be a woman, a wife,
and a student are all different, and yet they're all connected by
what it means to be part of the creation of God. Each are manifested
differently, but all serve one purpose. That purpose is the
glorification of that Creator. As a woman, it is my role to make God
look great. As a wife, it is my job to make God look great. As a
student, it is my duty to make God look great. In each role, the same
objective is (ought to be) completed, but it is done so in different
ways.
Sometimes, probably more often that I
ought, I'll write about circumstance. Other times I'll write about
other things like cooking, work, my home, etc. But I would hope that
the bulk of this blog is to point people to Jesus, encourage them
through the stages I'm familiar with (I probably won't write about
motherhood anytime soon), and help them learn about what an amazing
Lord we have and the immeasurable joy that is available only through
a relationship with Him. I do pray that as the experiences of life
give me more insight into areas of which right now I'm unfamiliar, my
motivation for blogging through it all will be the same.
Stay tuned for the first post on my
study of 2 Peter. (It's coming. Soon. No, seriously, check back by
Friday).
