A Signpost

Vacations are over and baby is just 9 weeks away.  I am so glad summer is still here and will be here in Southern California for a couple more months:)  However, I am having a little trouble over here in blog world.  This blog began like most do, just a place to display pictures of my beautiful little Annabelle (I was a very proud parent!)  Then, I began to mingle posts in that focused on things that God was teaching me, which directly lead into the path God led us down with the conception, pregnancy, birth and death of our baby Paul.  And this is where I am now.  I am struggling to blog...I have many things I would love to write about, but I struggle knowing whether my words have any importance.  What would God have me write.  I know that once words are said, it is impossible to take them back.  The words I choose are important.  So.  Why blog?  And if blog, what do you blog about?

On the other hand, I know how blessed I have been by other people's stories.  God's truths can come alive and I can be redirected to love Him more in all I do when I read about the struggles and triumphs of others.  I can walk with them and be encouraged by them.  Stories are helpful, and God uses stories to direct and redirect us.  I am not crafty, nor am I an expert in anything, but I am a mom and a wife seeking to serve God in all I do and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.  That said, there is plenty to write on!

So, this is where I have ended up.  I will still blog, even though I can't imagine anyone would really want to read about my life, my family or my walk with the Lord, yet I pray that all I say will direct you to God's word and a complete devotion to living for Him.  I pray that if you like something I write, that you will thank God for His words, and if you don't like what I write, just ignore me:)

A.W. Tozer said it perfectly in God's Pursuit of Man:

The worst thing a book can do for a Christian is to leave him with the impression that he has received from it anything really good; the best it can do is to point the way to the Good he is seeking.  The function of a good book is to stand like a signpost directing the reader toward the Truth and the Life.  That book serves best which early makes itself unnecessary, just as a signpost serves best after it is forgotten, after the traveler has arrived safely at his desired haven.  The work of a good book is to incite the reader to moral action, to turn his eyes toward God and urge him forward.  Beyond that it cannot go.

Amen!  So, I will use his words and say that it is my goal in this blog to serve as a signpost, directing you all to the only true Good of Christ our Savior.  I may use real life stories, struggles and triumphs, but I pray that this little meager blog will serve as a place that will point you Home. 

With much love,
Deb