Blast off!

The title of this blog is in response to Kathleen's countdown on the comments section of my last post entitled "Sorry". She was counting down the days until it had been one month since I posted which would have been June 15th. So I decided to post a few days earlier since I had one second and who knows what is going on later this week - so BLAST OFF! Thank you for all your comments about how I should post more often - I'm just glad to know you read my blog and care about what I have to say - maybe!

I could say once again that I am sorry and that once again I have failed to keep the commitment I said I would try to keep in my previous blog - posting more - but you are probably tired of hearing apologies and would rather see results. And I could give you some good excuses why I have not posted, but I won't. But most importantly I am NOT going to make another promise or commitment that I am going to try to post more often because I will probably fail at it. Not that I don't want to post, but I don't always place posting on my blog as the top priority in my week.

You know, I was thinking about this whole situation in the Christian life and I was thinking how many times we desire to follow the Lord and we want to please Him and so we tell God that we will try real hard to do that. And then, we fail and fall flat on our faces once again in our relationship with the Lord. And then we say we are sorry and start the process over again.

But God uses these times in our lives to draw us closer to Him. He is teaching us that while our desire is good, our source of power is bad. Because we are trying to do for God ourselves rather than relying on what Christ has already accomplished for us through his death and resurrection and ascension. By this I am not just talking about salvation but that He has provided everything for us to live our lives each day in a way that brings honor to Him - through His power in us by means of the Holy Spirit.

So, I am not going to say that I am going to try harder to post. I do desire to post and communicate with you guys (gals included in the generic "guys"), but I don't always have the opportunity.

By the way, Six Flags Great America trip is June 23 for the Sr. High from 9:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. Cost is $20 and if you have a Coke can for $20 off bring that too. Just thought I should throw that in there in case I didn't post in the next month!