So, in light of my new transparency and sincere desire to actually start doing these harder things that will cause actual growth… I’ve added a new feature to my sidebar. There, under the heading “Progress,” you will see a running entry of my successes (and failures) in keeping my resolutions listed in the previous post. I need your help. If you notice a day missing, I ask with all sincerity that you comment and ask me, “What up!”
My hope is that this transparency will both add the extra motivation I may need to keep this commitment and, perhaps, encourage some of you to try the same. Each day, I will post what I did that day to further my commitment. If I did nothing, I will post that I did nothing. That said – I do ask for grace – just because I haven’t posted on a day will not necessarily mean I did nothing – it could just mean I didn’t post about it.
So… here goes… please pray for me.
Hopefully, you see in these writings a man who is staying The Course and pursuing The Path amidst the pitfalls and selfish ways of being a son of Adam. I pray earnestly that my writing would encourage some of you by showing you that this journey - though arduous and sometimes tragic - is a journey of great satisfaction. A satisfaction greater than our greatest imaginings. The trials and refining fire of tribulation are to be recognized as a small shadow of the suffering of our Savior so that we can rejoice, as Peter and the disciples did, to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of the Name.