A Whole New World

This whole world of blogging is so new to me. So foreign. I've never been one to be on the internet much... except when I need to accomplish a specific task. Just "surfing around" or reading stuff on the computer has never appealed to me. I'd much rather just curl up with a good book.

Before our 10-year high school reunion almost 2 years ago now (WHAT?! That can't be right!!! TIME ABSOLUTELY FLIES!!!), I think I had vaguely heard of MySpace. Never would have dreamed of actually having a page myself. I'm telling you, it took a lot of courage to do a MySpace page at first. I would NOT characterize myself as a 'paranoid' type person, but I was very leary about what personal information I put online. All of a sudden everything seemed too personal. All kinds of thoughts about random weirdos & even some of the people I work with having access to my personal life in that kind of way went through my head. I had so much fun setting my page up initially, but I still didn't want to invest a lot of time in it.

I never gave blogging much thought until I started reading Warren's blog (a friend from high school) and the Living Proof Ministries blog. I've kept a handwritten prayer journal for years, and blogging will definitely not take the place of that. I can't imagine putting anything I would normally write in that journal online instead. My close friends know what goes on in my heart and my life, and the thought of sharing personal stuff with the world seemed ridiculous. Something started stirring in me anyway... But then there was the very real issue of time & how I didn't possibly have any time for a "silly" blog.

Yet, here I am as you can see :-)... So what happened? I DON'T KNOW! I could throw out some speculations, but the bottom line is that I felt like through a series of events this is something I need to do right now. It's still hard and it's still scary. I really can't imagine what I might have to say that anyone would want to read. I have no idea what purpose this might serve or how it will look. But here goes anyway. We'll see where God leads.... I am going to throw out one idea... It could be that it's part of my journey to be free of what other's might think about me...?? I don't know. I'll just try to leave the "whys" and "hows" to God.