Invitation

     A few years back, a friend gave me a synopsis of his yearly readings in Oswald Chanbers devotional book, My Utmost for His Highest. My thought when he gave it to me was "this is great for him, but I had tried to connect with this book once before, and it went right over my head". Plus I did not have the book anymore, and my nature does not allow me to purchase something that I know I will not use.

   So, when I decided in January of this year, to go back and revisit this work and to see if it could have some relevance in my life, I dug out this synopsis. This inspired me to start anew the journey through this devotional guide. I wanted to dig deeper into what it truly meant to be a "Christ follower".

   I found an online site myutmost.org that had the complete calendar of devotional readings for the year, and I did not even have to buy the book. But I wanted to do more than just read and think. I wanted to record my thoughts on each reading so that I could look back and see my spiritual journey over the span of this year. So I found another site examen.me where I could have an online journal. Now all I had to do was to sit down at my computer and everything was there. I opened the devotion for the proper day, I opened a journal to record, and I opened a Bible site with the complete Scripture reading. I then could toggle through each tab and begin the day's study.

   So, you ask, why this blog? I realized that my journals were filled with a lot of questions as to why my life was not reflecting what I thought a Christian should look like and do. Was I just pretending to be a Christian or just confused? Did others, sitting around me in church, have some of the same feelings? Could my questions cause others to think about where they were in this spiritual journey?

    I had considered blogging some time back, but then the last 2 readings in my study both had the same message for me "Arise and go". The result: this blog.

   You, Reader, have the opportunity to study along with me, but, more importantly, have the opportunity to explore Christianity from a new and different perspective. So come on in, read, think, comment, and see where Jesus leads us. Most of all pray that God will show you what a life lived for Him would truly look like.