Since I have entered the world of blogger.com I have come across several fun blogs to read. The other day I was perusing through the blog of another Christian woman when I found an entry that made me laugh. She was analyzing the whole idea of blogging and commented on an assertion that her husband had made that day. He had said that everyone who has a blog (or anything similar) is carefully crafting an image for themselves. . . that they post things that will make them appear a certain way.
The funny part is that as I read that I suddenly started thinking about what image I was presenting through my blog. And I laughed because the whole reason I started this blog was to escape the pressing urge to present myself so that I could simply be myself. I'm not really sure what image I have presented up to this point - but to tell you the truth - that isn't the point. As I have shared before, this is just a place to process and share truths about Jesus and how those truths effect our lives. And quite honestly - it will probably seem fairly repetitive. I learned a long time ago that I very rarely have any totally original ideas.
In college I went through a very short phase of guitar playing. I had visions of being a folksy, songwriting girl. That dream was squashed after I wrote my first song. I was performing it for another girl in my dorm when a mutual friend came running in saying, "Oh, I didn't know that you knew how to play that song! I love that song!" Once I realized that my first original work was simply a variation of previously written music I gave up on my songwriting career.
That said, you have probably already noticed the repetitive nature of my reflections. . . and hopefully you'll see the genuineness of my thinking. And over time - as God grows us all up in Him - I'll move past the specific issues I'm facing now and move on to something else. And then you'll have the privilege of hearing about that for a while.
Until then, here's to presenting yourself just how you are. . . totally unafraid and completely unashamed.
this is a good post, erin.
ReplyDeletei like it.