It's been almost 3 months since I've blogged on here, and in the meantime, a lot has happened. I got married on July 25th (hurray!), I started a very challenging job at the end of August, and I have been struggling to keep all my commitments and priorities straight in the face of an entirely new season of life.
Marriage is, second to salvation, the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. My wife is a servant and a blessing, more than I deserve. I thank God daily for her. "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD." ~Proverbs 18:22
But I've also discovered that what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7 is true. "The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided." How painfully true this is! My most desperate prayer has become, "Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name!"
The constraints of serving a wife, working a full-time job, teaching Sunday school, attending new members' class, and (soon) beginning to be a part of a leadership group at my church, all have left the Daily Verse Online in limbo. I'm still not sure where God wants me to go with this. He has blessed me with that ministry, and the opportunity to serve the Word of God to thousands each day, for nearly 7 years. I don't know yet if He's calling me to other things, or if He's putting the DVO on hold for a season, or if it is my own selfishness that is keeping me from that ministry. Until He shows me where to go, the site will remain up but no Daily Verses will be sent. To those of you who miss receiving daily verses: I'm sorry. I'm thinking of you, and when God lifts the curtain, you'll know.
But I want to come back to blogging. I need an outlet for musings on the Word that doesn't have the same demands as the DVO. I hope those of you who read this will be blessed by this blog as I strive to please God by honoring and cherishing His Word here.
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