Well Curt, since I don't think anyone reads this except you and maybe Jake I feel free to write a silly, meaningless post. I don't have any profound thought to hit you with, but I will say that I often do get blog-worthy thoughts, I just never follow through with them on paper (or I guess cyberspace.) My hope is that as you keep bugging me (ahem) to blog my thoughts, throught constant pressure, I'll begin to tame my chaotic mental pursuits and start reining in all these wild ideas bouncing around inside my brain. I think much of the lack of my mental discipline stems from my meager commitment to meditation. I often enjoy wonderful times of reflection and ponderance as I search and seek for the deeper treasures of God's word, yet I think these times are too irregular and stunted to really reap the full benefits. So my goals are thus: Spend more regular and engaging time in meditation on God's word, and secondly to blog or share my thoughts/reflections with you guys for the purpose of refinement and (hopefully) mutual, theological edification. So keep buggin me! I need accountability. We can add that to our weekly questionaire.

And for both of you who will ever read this post, thank you! And please, leave a comment just so I know I'm not talking to myself.

Hey Curt, I love and appreciate you bro. Jesus has so blessed me to have such a friend as you! And Jake too. You guys are great! Curt, your turn bro! I'll be waiting, watching and wanting a blog from you very soon!

The First Steps

Ahh, I feel as if I'm standing on the threshold of a great adventure! It's that surge of strength you feel as your mind plays with all the possibilities before you. It's exciting! It's the feeling you get as you take the first steps of a week-long hike through the mountains. You imagine the obstacles ahead, the precious times of bonding with your companions, and those silent moments you share with eachother as you behold the grandness of our God's creation from a high mountain vista. The setting sun, the night sky, the heat of battle, the comfort of friends, the fire of love; all these things lie on the road ahead. I love and long for all of these , and I believe my Maker won't leave those desires left unsatisfied. Yet, in the midst of all of these, I think their lies one thing greater than the rest. This one thing, I think, is much harder to understand or describe than all the rest, but it struggles deep within me, hoping its voice would be heard amidst its much louder competitors. It is the voice calling me to fulfill my ultimate purpose. His ultimate purpose. It is my desperate need for connection with the source of all things. Oh how many ways can I describe it? It is the deepest and truest affection within me, the affection for the Lover of my soul.

The feeling of adventure stirs within me! Danger lurks, loss will surely come, but the road before calls my name and there is no turning back. And so, here I begin the journaling of my adventures and thoughts as I travel down this path created for me. These will be the first steps of a journey within the journey. In this journal I hope to better understand and enjoy and share the experiences I have as I walk, run, crawl, leap and long for the end when we will be united with our Joy, our Hope, our Peace.... Our God.