Who does one blog for? Thoughts for Christian Bloggers
Who does one blog for?
Who does one run for?
For yourself, for the joy of motion, for the wind in your hair.
Who does one do yoga for, swim for, sing in the shower for?
Whom does a bird sing its clear insistent notes for? For whom do lambs frolic?
Themselves
For the joy of it.
I blog because I love it, because I have so much fun doing it. I primarily blog for myself, for the joy in the journey, the joy of creating a shapely post in 15 minutes, not perfect, just good!!
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And as a Christian blogger, I write for one other person. God. It is a continuing love letter, a record of our relationship, sometimes stormy, sometimes pouty, sometimes distant, sometimes close enough for me to hear his softest whisper. Sometimes, I don’t hear it at all, and write something I conclude did not have the blessing in it which, in general, God wants our words to have. Sometimes, I write so quickly and easily that I feel it is being dictated to me. And perhaps it is.
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But there is a third person in the equation. A collective noun. The community. Tout le Monde.
My take on Christian blogging is that it is primarily a wrestling of the spirit and God, or a record of a love affair between an individual and God, or a Socratic dialogue between an individual and scripture.
It is the overflow of the thoughts, ideas and insights an ever-giving God pours into our spirits. It is a song which must be sung.
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And if it is heard, if it blesses people, that is all to the good.
But even if no one read it, I would journal as a record of my relationship and love affair with God. Lest I forget. Lest I forget.
But now, thanks to technology, I can record my thoughts and experiences in my blog, so that if it has the potential to bless people, it will.
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You may also like this posty on blogging and mental health
http://theoxfordchristian.blogspot.com/2010/11/hmm-blogging-and-health.html
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