Progging

When I started this most recent effort, I made the following statement,

"For my part, I will write every day,but here is the twist of faith. I know God is real, and I have waxed and waned in my sense of relationship with Him. I hope to use this daily blog as a means of reestablishing or deepening this relationship; not to preach, but to discuss Truth vs. Credibility. For His part, He may use me to do His will, and possibly show others that He is real, and He loves each one of us."

Since then, I have discovered that my original idea, although intended to be more structured, will have to be customized to fit my state in life. I intend to stay on tract with the following clarification.

"I will write everyday" does not necessitate blogging everyday. The definition of blog is- Blog: A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. The key word, is "publish". I have been feeling a need to publish everyday, but this was unsuccessful, and rushing my spirit. My confusion about blogging is seen in my statement about a "daily blog". My effort is not to blog everyday, but to write everyday.

The "twist of faith", that guides this effort, of "reestablishing or deepening this relationship" with God, is prayer. Christ instructs us, "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen." Matt6:6. For my effort to achieve this spiritual intimacy, I need to close the door. The second part of the original spiritual effort was that, "He may use me to do His will, and possibly show others that He is real, and He loves each one of us." This is where I may open the door, and hit the publish key. This is where my written prayer with God results in a Blog.

I have learned that spiritual time is not always secular. God created creation in "seven days" but were these 24 hour days? When I was in Africa, I became aware of African time. A seminarian explained that we Americans needed to relax. He explained, if there was to be a gathering at 10:30 am, it wasn't 10:30 am, until the gathering came together. The clock did not dictate to the people, the people dictated the time. This seems almost impossible unless those who are gathering agree to this loose clock.

Therefore "day" used in this effort will be the period of time between one writing and the next. If it takes 48 hours to sit down and write my thoughts, then that will be my "literary day". I still intend to prayerfully write for a year's worth of literary days. When the result is meaningful, I will blog. I call this effort Progging.