So I've been thinking, I've been blogging here for at least four years (although at one point I deleted several months worth of posts at the beginning for reasons I've yet to fathom), and for the most part it seems like I've just talked about myself this whole time. It's been one endless stream of self-discovery and self-expression- both of which are important to an extent, I suppose, but I just thought of that verse that goes, "for whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." (Matthew 16:25)
It seems to me I would be much better off if I could submerse myself in things bigger and beyond me. And how cool would it be if I could use this blog to stimulate good conversations about things that really matter? It's been done before, but I just wish I could do it all the time instead of comming back to wallow in my little mud hole of self.
Plus by the time I get to my devotions at night I'm usually too tired to really think that hard about anything I'm reading. It's kind of a bummer. I think things would be really different if I was always discussing them on blog through the day.
I've also been thinking about opening this blog up and making it public so that people could read it without a super-special invitation... I think it would be awesome to have an open discussion forum that anyone could contribute to. Maybe post a link to it on Facebook or something... I guess I'd better get a few thought-provoking posts up there first, though. Let me know what you guys think about this idea.
I think that sounds like a good idea. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree. I REALLY miss the discussions we used to have, and if someone got that going again it would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteI think you'd be a good one to do it Emily, I say you should go for it!
Alright. I'll make my blog public and post a link on facebook once we've got a good discussion going on. :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome! I Second Matt & Beth =) ...or maybe that should be third. haha.
ReplyDeleteok....I fourth it?
ReplyDeleteI know this is old, but this is exactly why my blog was public to begin with. And I hate it when my blog is always about me (which is always.)
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