The real deal...

So, I don't know who noticed, but in my tagline, I claimed that I would include thoughts in this blog. I lied. I won't include thoughts, just nice, safe facts about what happens. That's all that anyone wants to read anyway, and besides, it is easier and safer.

I dislike very much blogging about thoughts. Usually. When I write what I am thinking, especially on a public blog, I am very vulnerable to a large number of people, in fact, I don't eve know who is reading. That is scary! It is much easier to write a light-hearted account of the day's (or week's) events. But, as I was in the bathroom earlier, I realized that this, in a very real sense, limits the work of God's people. I know that some of you (if only my dear mother) are praying for me, and if all I relate is what happend in the past, I am limiting what you can pray for, and perhaps restricting how God would use you to enhance the work He is doing through me, here in the far off region of Africa. And, as I told a friend before I left, how much does a wall around what I am thinking really help anyone? Sure it feels safer, but really, I think (though it is much harder to practice) that vulnerability goes a whole lot further, alowing a much deeper relationship, and allowing God's Spirit to work through others in a much better way. And really, what is the harm? (All things in moderation!) (Speaking of moderation, I was offered Fanta mixed with wine, I declined...but I digress.) So, here's to some vulnerability!