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Is my blog being read?

Hi all,

This is a puzzling question I have been thinking about for a while now. I have no real way of knowing if my blog is being viewed or not unless readers post a comment in response to my posts. So as an experiment, I'm posting this with the simple question:

Is my blog being read?

Please post a comment. I'd love to hear from you.

Follow-up from "Patience"

Well I did hear back from Whirlpool sooner than later. I was told that they were looking for someone with a broader experience. Okay, whatever.

So the job search continues, only now I am asking Jesus every morning if I should job search today. I won't do any job searching until He tells me to. So much stress is eliminated when I just shut-up and listen to what He has to say.

Patience

Waiting can be so hard. I know that patience is a good thing and all part of the Fruit of the Spirit, but still it is hard. Since my position with my current employer is slated to be eliminated, I've been doing a lot of job searching. I have had some interviews, but nothing yet. I applied for a position with Whirlpool and not only have had a phone interview, but also an in-person interview. Now all I can do is wait. I have the strong hope that I will get the job, but my mind is stepping in saying "don't hold your breath." On one hand I do want to believe that I'll get the job, but on the other hand I don't want to hold any expectation that will just set me up for another hurt. Of course any time I open my heart up to hope, despair will come also. It seems you can't have one without the other.

For now...I wait.

Love and War...excellent read

Well I've finished reading the latest book by John and Stasi Eldredge called Love and War.

This has certainly increased my awareness of the spiritual warfare that occurs daily. It has also been a tremendous encouragement and affirmation.

Thank you John and Stasi.

Love and War

I've just finished chapter two of Love and War by John and Stasi Eldredge.

Two things really stand out to me. The first is on page 37, "Now consider this--marriage is the sanctuary of the heart. You have been entrusted with the heart of another human being. Whatever else your life's great mission will entail, loving and defending this heart next to you is part of your great quest." In the words of Neo...whoa! Marriage is indeed an epic journey. I can't imagine even trying to do this without God in the center.

The second is on page 38, "Being married costs you everything. ...We all know that loving is hard. Marriage is hard. It is hard because it is opposed." Aaaaaaaah yes...anything that is of God is opposed by the devil and his. One of my teachers, Dr. Bob Laurent, expresses the we don't really fall in love. Rather, we climb up into love. I've come to the basic conclusion that love is the decision to put someone else ahead of myself. It is to say, you matter more to me than I matter to myself. The Greek word for this agape. To say I love God is then to say I agape Him...I'm selflessly devoted to Him. I indeed agape my wife.

Remembering What We Wanted

I've just finished chapter one of the latest book by John and Stasi Eldredge, Love and War.

In this chapter a challenging question is posed. It all comes down to this, what do we want? This is a challenge because I think there is this battle between mind and heart. Our hearts may have all this desire for romance, but our minds step in and recall past experience and say "Oh that just won't happen." I admit, so much of me is ready to lose heart...to give up all those dreams because the world around me and my mind are all saying "it won't happen".

Isn't it true, though, that it's not about what I want anyway? It's all about what He wants. It is true also that marriage is all His idea, His design, so indeed He will want to make it work. All I have to do is surrender to His will and His power and get myself out of the way.

I do have this battle about the whole subject of desire. It seems to me that I ought not have any desire except for God and what He wants. So in a sense, I'm a slave to Him. My desire then becomes irrelevant, doesn't it??? It's not about me. I don't get to have what I want. I only get to have what He wants. Now I do trust Him and do love Him. God knows me better than I know myself. God see all things where I cannot. So if you ask me what I want, I can only say that I want what He wants...shalom...all things as they should be.