So, I have to confess something this morning. There is no secret that I am seriously A.D.H.D. (That is not the confession. This is obvious if you know me.) The confession is the reason that I do no blog more. For the past few days this has been on my mind. It is not because there is a lack of things that God brings to my attention as I go throughout every day. Nor is it due to a lack of time. As with everything else we face as followers of Jesus Christ, the problem is usually within. The more that I pondered this question, the persistent answer was me. Andy Stanley, the senior pastor of Northpoint Community Church in Alpharetta, GA wrote a book about this called It Came from Within!: The Shocking Truth of What Lurks in the Heart. (Just a plug for a book and author that I have enjoyed.)

Anyway, the problem is that there is always this thought that if I can not sit down for an extended period of time and write about something of super, deep thought that will more than likely be controversial, then it is not worth blogging. Now, in regards to the "controversial" statement, let me say that any time you begin to write or speak about topics of Christian doctrine or related topics that it has a higher probability of being controversial. However, the point that I want to make here is not one of controversy but one of identity.

My desire for my life and for this blog is that of transparency and being real. I want to be who God has created me to be! As one speaker recently said, "There is no one like you at being you!" So there will be times that I feel the need to write a lengthy article about some deep topic and there will be times that I want to write about my family that has to endure my shenanigans on a daily basis. Either way, I just want to be what and who God has made me to be.

"Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
⁹ If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
¹¹ If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,"
¹² even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.

¹³ For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
¹⁴ I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well." (Psalm 139: 7-14, ESV)