open season

i was talking to a friend this morning who is subscribed to my blog, and i asked him how he was liking it so far. he said it was good, but that it seemed 'very personal to me.' i was little befuddled by that statement because in my understanding/experience with blogs (albeit limited), all of them have been pretty personal to whomever is writing them and...well..that's kinda the point. a daily dose of "the gospel according to ______" to anyone who cares to read.

but, his question got me to thinking about my purpose for this blog, the inspiration behind it, and what i hope will come out of it....so, here's where i pause for a little "station identification."

there are about 30 ppl on the list of subscribers to this blog. i consider all of you friends, but some of us, naturally, are closer than others..or in different ways. i am 100% certain that in reading my daily musings about everything and nothing, many of you will probably discover things that you never knew about me, even those that have known me the longest.

for better or for worse, i'm pretty much an open book. when i meet someone, i look for a way to connect with them, and if the connection is mutual, then we're good to go! most of the time, it results in a positive outcome, but every now and then, my tendency towards the, what i call, "0-60" --(shoutout to my bff JM-D who came up with that term!) --has unfortunately resulted in friendships and relationships that have crashed and burned once the honeymoon was over. in the wreckage, inevitably left behind were pieces of my heart that i had shared in an effort to connect. i've learned and grown from those situations...but still haven't quite been able to give up the very essence of me--my openness.

this blog is an outlet for me. it is therapeutic & cathartic, as it allows me decompress at the end of the day and reflect. it is fun, because i love to write! and, above all else, it is purposeful in what the Lord would have for me to be doing during this time in my life.

you see, my open nature has allowed me to be transparent and naked in front of folks that i meet along the way. i'm not ashamed of my past or my present, and i'm definitely not ashamed of the Gospel of JC and ALL that it's done for me. in all that i've experienced both good and bad, i know that the Lord is shaping my testimony to do big things for Him, and this blog is a first step in that.

many of you have posted comments and/or emailed me offline to tell me how much you enjoyed one of my postings and how it's impacted you. you've told me how you can relate to where i've been and where i'm at, and you've given me cyber hi-fives to encourage me that i'm on the right track. you've thanked me for putting myself out there and many are pleasantly surprised at some of the things that i've revealed...and that are subsequently revealed within yourself.

so, i thank you for taking this journey with me. i thank you for reading, for commenting, for encouraging....but most of all, i thank you for having an open heart for whatever He might be trying to say to you through me--that is at the core of my purpose for this blog.

thanks for being with me during this open season......