getting started
i'm fifty and didn't know how to turn on a computer until 3-4 years ago. every time i tell anyone that they look like they've just met a living fossil. what can i say--i didn't see any need. but here you have it; i'm actually getting started doing a blog. progress.
about 18 years ago a friend of mine told me about his retired father, a man who'd been in ministry for decades. now retired he wanted nothing to do with a rocking chair so he went to the pastors of his church, some of which were half his age. he offered them his gifts and services in any way they desired and then said to them: "i want to learn everything i can from you!"
here was a man in his 60s or 70s, who was just getting started. i told my friend that i wanted to be like his dad when i grew up. i still do. so i'm learning from my children and their generation, and that includes computers and blogs and the rest. so here goes.
getting started no matter what your age; that's not a bad thought for the day. here's what God and grace promise: fresh starts, as many restarts as we need, and lots of brand new beginnings. where are you right now? feel stuck? feel squarely and firmly imbedded in a rut? is it a moral issue you can't seem to get right? is it a bad habit you need to try one more time to overcome? is it a fresh act of repentance you need to offer to God? is it a new spiritual or ministry challenge you've never dared take on before? is it trying to read your bible--let's say at least a couple times this week? or is it learning how to turn on a computer or create a blog?
Whatever it is--God gives grace to start and to start again. it's never too late to start and no amount of bad starts or false starts disqualifies you from starting again. God gives all the grace you need to begin--or begin again--right now.
i admit it: starting a blog is daunting for this 50 year old, but hey, i'm being challenged to do it and it's not too big for God. so here goes. how about you? what's the spiritual or personal start up task that you're dreading or avoiding right now ? why not simply look up for god's grace, dig deep for Spirit-strength, and then type the first key.
then see what happens. that's what i'm doing.
have a good one.
about 18 years ago a friend of mine told me about his retired father, a man who'd been in ministry for decades. now retired he wanted nothing to do with a rocking chair so he went to the pastors of his church, some of which were half his age. he offered them his gifts and services in any way they desired and then said to them: "i want to learn everything i can from you!"
here was a man in his 60s or 70s, who was just getting started. i told my friend that i wanted to be like his dad when i grew up. i still do. so i'm learning from my children and their generation, and that includes computers and blogs and the rest. so here goes.
getting started no matter what your age; that's not a bad thought for the day. here's what God and grace promise: fresh starts, as many restarts as we need, and lots of brand new beginnings. where are you right now? feel stuck? feel squarely and firmly imbedded in a rut? is it a moral issue you can't seem to get right? is it a bad habit you need to try one more time to overcome? is it a fresh act of repentance you need to offer to God? is it a new spiritual or ministry challenge you've never dared take on before? is it trying to read your bible--let's say at least a couple times this week? or is it learning how to turn on a computer or create a blog?
Whatever it is--God gives grace to start and to start again. it's never too late to start and no amount of bad starts or false starts disqualifies you from starting again. God gives all the grace you need to begin--or begin again--right now.
i admit it: starting a blog is daunting for this 50 year old, but hey, i'm being challenged to do it and it's not too big for God. so here goes. how about you? what's the spiritual or personal start up task that you're dreading or avoiding right now ? why not simply look up for god's grace, dig deep for Spirit-strength, and then type the first key.
then see what happens. that's what i'm doing.
have a good one.
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