Stepping Out

So...at the suggestion of my wonderful and wise friend, Miranda, I am going to try this blogging thing again. It is hard to say how it will turn out. I pretty much struggle with being consistent in things that are not mandatory. I see it in my guitar playing, my exercise, my healthy eating, my photography...see what I am saying?! I don't HAVE to do those things. I should, but no one is making me.  God has been stretching me in the area of self discipline this year, and maybe, this is another one of those places He is highlighting.

I really have never thought of myself as one who writes or even writes well. I just put thoughts into words in my journal or in a prophetic word for others, but to write for the sake of writing...well, I just have not seen it. I went to the Gathering of Artisans this weekend and took a work shop on the scribal anointing and it awakened something in my heart. I remember writing as a kid and enjoying it. I realized that I have filled hundreds of pages in my journals over the years and have enjoyed doing it. Then I went back and read the first year or two of this blog and actually really enjoyed reading what I wrote. It kind of shocked me.

So, while I have lots of thoughts brewing in my head, I do not have them quite ready to put in words. I just figured I better post something or it might never happen. Maybe later today or tomorrow I will write about this past weekend and all that God awakened in my heart. There is a theme...a common thread that showed up. I want to ponder it and maybe right here is a good place to do that.