new beginning

today starts my official switch from xanga to this blog. friends seemed to slowly lose interest in xanga even though we read of each other for years there. this is a shot into the dark. no promises. no expectations. i'll just write for now.

i have no planned direction for this blog. maybe versatility would be the best ground work for me. i lack the discipline to stick with a plan anyways. moving with the flow of life around me is what i enjoy and am good at.

today... i was privileged enough to help lead worship at church. after having been removed from the worship scene for some time now, i am rejoicing at the opportunity to serve Christ in this way. what a blessing to be used as a channel through which rivers of living water can flow to those around me. we learned today how hevel life is without Christ. human life was never intended to be lived apart from Christ. that is why it does not work without Him. that is why those who gain the world by their own strength find themselves in despair at life's end. and that is why those who sacrifice the most for the sake of knowing Christ experience joy even through times of devastating trials.

most certainly everything rests on our Hope. . . our hope of a future perfection and glorification. without that hope all life is vanity and meaningless.