Oh What a Year

This Past Year Has Been Crazy

A full year without blogging... my oh my how my internet usage has changed in a year. I haven't abandoned blogging, but the way I use the internet has shifted drastically. I guess I'll blog again when I've got something to say but until then, meditate on Romans 5:3-5

3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Reverse Engineered

• What Do I Want? Hope
• How Do I Get It? I must have a strong character.
• Well How Do I Get That? I have to persevere.
• Wait... Persevere Through What? Sufferings... unspecified, crappy circumstances which are different for all of us. Self denial and sacrifice. Pain. Problems. Frustrations.

Great.

Sanctification is an amazing thing, but it feels like crawling through shards of broken glass in a shallow pool of vinegar naked.

Being a Christian isn't easy, but I guess nothing worth having is easy.