To Blog or Not to Blog

A conversation happened around me this weekend that a lesser woman might have been offended by. Friends I had not seen in a very long time were discussing blogging and how pointless they found it and wondering aloud why anyone would want to keep an "online diary." I stayed quiet and purposefully did not make eye contact with the one person in the circle who knew I had a blog. It wasn't that I was afraid to tell them. It wasn't that I was embarrassed or was secretly planning to come home and delete every entry I've made in the last 3 years. It was that I needed time to contemplate exactly why it is that I do blog. Is this really just an online diary? If so, I tend to agree, that's pretty twisted. But, it's not. First of all, this blog looks nothing like my personal journal. Trust me. Second, I think my biggest reason for blogging is written in my profile. I'm an external processor. This is a great way for me to "think aloud" without forcing anyone to listen. If you choose to read, so be it. If you ignore it entirely, no harm done. Third, I heard a Bible teacher say one time that you could always tell someone with the spiritual gift of teaching because as soon as the Lord teaches them something, they've got to rush out and teach it to someone else. Before reading that, I'm not sure I really knew I had the gift of teaching, but if that really is evidence of someone with that gift, she nailed it for me. I get so excited and overwhelmed when God blesses me with a fresh insight into His work in my life that I can hardly wait to tell it. Again, read if you care to; ignore it if you don't, but you can't say I didn't try. :-)
All of this I say today because as I was going through my morning routine this morning, God was blessing me through His word, through the kind, timely words of a dear friend, through reminders of His riches poured out around me. My heart is full today. And, blogging gives me a chance to just tell someone -- maybe a lot of someones, probably just a few, but someone.