Here We Go!

Well, I did it. I finally started a blog after wanting to for the past year. So what is the point of this blog? To bring glory to God. I want to share my stories with the world and offer hope to the broken. I want to share my talents: writing poetry and journal entries, making music, and taking pictures. Writing is my outlet. It's the way I process things. I have so many journals, full of my stories. The Jesus ones, the ugly ones, the hard, the struggles - but also the beautiful ones, the ones full of love, the peace that passes all understanding, the strength, comfort and courage only God can provide. I want to share my struggles, my brokenness with people to show them I'm just as human as they are and only God can heal and repair. But my heart tends to go in the other direction. The one that doesn't lead to the glory of God. The one that leads to the glory and praise of me. The ugly one. Where I want to share these things because I want praise. I want the credit. I want the glory. I want people to see what I can do. And that is selfish. Who gave me these gifts in the first place? God. Why did he give them to me? To glorify himself. How should I then use them? To glorify Him. If I'm going to keep up with this blog, using it to bring glory to God will be a hard struggle. Hard isn't even a strong enough word. More like, impossible. Doing it for him, giving it over to him, realizing it is not my gift, but the one he gave me. But guess what? With God, all things are possible.
It's like wearing the armor of God. God gives us the tools: the belt of truth, helmet of salvation, etc., but we, on our own, do not have the strength nor the intellect to use them. That's why in Ephesians 6:10 it says:

…be strong in the Lord

and in the power of His

might.

Not our strength, not our might, the Lord's. This blog is a tool that God's given me. That's why, if I'm going to keep it up, it won't be me doing it. It will all be God. The inspiration, the stories, the talent - all His. He gave it to me, to use for His glory. I'll be praying long and hard, because he has given me the passion to do this. And I trust He will help me do it for the right reasons.