Why I write...

“Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done. Sing to Him, yes, sing His praises. Tell everyone about His wonderful deeds. Exult in His holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD. Search for the LORD and His strength; continually seek Him. Remember the wonders He has performed, His miracles, and the rulings He has given” Psalm 105:1-5

Why do I blog? I was thinking about this the other day. It's actually a very simple reason. I felt God leading me to start a blog. So I did. When I write, I'm simply expressing what He has put on my heart. I trust that He will use my blog in whatever way He wants. I pray it's for His glory.

Tonight I was reading the above Psalm. I have felt very up and down in my emotions lately. One moment struggling with old insecurities, the next moment full of joy because of the beauty of Fall. In one of my down moments tonight I finally turned to God's word. Why do I so often turn to anything and everything else first? Yet, tonight I did finally just open up the Bible and I started reading a random Psalm...any psalm would do- I just needed to get some truth into my heart and mind...when I came to the above Psalm. These verses sum up why I write.

“Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done... Tell everyone about His wonderful deeds. Exult in His holy name.”

Often I write simply because my heart is bursting with praise! I want to share who my God is and all that He has done in my heart and life. I desire to proclaim how great He is to everyone and anyone! I am in awe of His greatness and all I can do is offer praise to His holy name.

Search for the LORD and His strength; continually seek Him.

Other times it is because I am seeking Him. I feel weak, I feel broken, I feel powerless. I so desperately need His strength. I get distracted and I seek so many other things. I am discontented and unsatisfied. Yet God continues to draw me back to His loving presence. When I write it helps me to process what He is doing in my heart and it helps me to actively seek and search for Him.

Remember the wonders He has performed, His miracles, and the rulings He has given.

I am so forgetful. I am emotional. I can feel God's love at one moment and feel far away from His Presence in the next moment. I so easily act in response to my feelings instead of truth. Yet God calls me to remember. To remember the WONDERS He has done. To remember His MIRACLES. To remember the rulings He has given. I write to record His wonders and miracles. There are many times when I will re-read a journal entry or re-read an old blog and I am so encouraged. God will remind me of the wonders and miracles He has done in my life. I may not feel His greatness at that moment but when I re-read of His wonders my heart is encouraged. My eyes are directed off from myself and back onto the greatness of God. He is so faithful and I have seen Him work in so many ways in my life. Great and small. I simply need reminders. I need the encouragement.

So I am grateful. I am grateful the He has led me to write. For no other reason than the fact that I am encouraged in the process. For He is good. All the time.