There are many ways that I have grown in my faith.
I believe that walking by faith in Christ Jesus is a continuous, life-long process. I have not arrived at perfect holiness, no where near it. But I long for, I hope for, I pray for, and I strain toward becoming "holy as God is holy."
Even as I see progress in my life, I have recently become aware of an area that is sorely lacking in holiness.
As many, hundreds, even thousands of believers across the world have taken up a figurative pen and begun to write words of encouragement to send to the world through blogs, I too, am scripting words to a webpage. But, of late I have been evaluating my own writing and the motivation behind the words that I publish on this blog.
Why do I write?
Is it to encourage? Is it to let my heart be seen? Is it to "out loud" process life as it happens?
Or are there unholy things at work as I put words to the page?
"I wonder how many people will read my writing?" "Will this person or that person read my thoughts?" "What do people think of what I write?"...etc.
I am not saying that those questions are wrong in and of themselves, it is just that I am wondering why does it matter to me?
Am I honest in my words? Do I write for selfish reasons? Do I write for attention?
I am struggling through these thoughts. I so long to be a person of integrity in all that I do and say. I am struggling through my humanity. I know that as long as I walk this earth there will be times when I fail miserably, but in the deepest part of my heart and soul I long for holiness.
I never want to lean on the "well I'm only human" because I know that God has made me to desire so much more.
I pray, dear Jesus keep me moving closer to You and farther away from the sinful me that wants to be seen and heard.
I will continue to write, but I will be checking my motivation more often before I push the publish key.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Getting To Know You
The Cornett Family
We have 4 official children, One Texan, one from New York, one Virginian, and one from China. Gene is from Kentucky and I usually hail from the Mother Ship.
Our combined cultural heritage is: Native American, Scotch-Irish, German, Italian, Chinese, and Redneck.
Brown eyes dominate the Cornett family, but we have one set of green eyes that can strike fear in some of the brown ones.
We have three with dark brown hair, one light brown, one that we only guess at when purchasing the next box of Clairol and one gray turning loose.
There are three members with dark skin, two with light colored skin and one with a fairly severe farmer's tan.
Our personalities range from two mild introverts, two extroverts, one who would prefer a planet without people and one who is wild and loud enough to communicate with every person or rock on every planet in this galaxy.
All of us love to sing, though some members choose to never hold a microphone in their hands. Two of us don't need a microphone.
The whole family likes to watch movies. One of the family thoroughly enjoys the first five minutes of every movie we watch, then dreams their way through the story... beginning, middle and ending.
We all enjoy going on trips. One of us likes embarking on adventures so much they don't turn the engine off or put the car in park before getting out of it.
Our family is a family that loves to laugh. Some members are genuinely funny. Some are getting more humorous. One declares that they are pretty sure they are getting funnier all the time. The rest of the family agrees, though perhaps not for the same reason.
Most of us love to read. One of us loves to collect books in the event of ever having the chance to read them.
All of us like sports. Two of us have realized that our minds want to write checks that our bodies are just not able to cash.
Of all the differences and all the similarities, there are two common denominators that are the most important: one is that we love each other very much. We like each other. We look forward to the times we get to spend together.
The second is by far the most important: we all love Jesus Christ. We are choosing every day to be disciples (learners) and apostles (teachers) out of our love for our Lord. It is this bond that we hope to pass on for generations to come.
"Choose you this day who you will serve. As for me and my house we will serve The Lord." Joshua 24: 15
We have 4 official children, One Texan, one from New York, one Virginian, and one from China. Gene is from Kentucky and I usually hail from the Mother Ship.
Our combined cultural heritage is: Native American, Scotch-Irish, German, Italian, Chinese, and Redneck.
Brown eyes dominate the Cornett family, but we have one set of green eyes that can strike fear in some of the brown ones.
We have three with dark brown hair, one light brown, one that we only guess at when purchasing the next box of Clairol and one gray turning loose.
There are three members with dark skin, two with light colored skin and one with a fairly severe farmer's tan.
Our personalities range from two mild introverts, two extroverts, one who would prefer a planet without people and one who is wild and loud enough to communicate with every person or rock on every planet in this galaxy.
All of us love to sing, though some members choose to never hold a microphone in their hands. Two of us don't need a microphone.
The whole family likes to watch movies. One of the family thoroughly enjoys the first five minutes of every movie we watch, then dreams their way through the story... beginning, middle and ending.
We all enjoy going on trips. One of us likes embarking on adventures so much they don't turn the engine off or put the car in park before getting out of it.
Our family is a family that loves to laugh. Some members are genuinely funny. Some are getting more humorous. One declares that they are pretty sure they are getting funnier all the time. The rest of the family agrees, though perhaps not for the same reason.
Most of us love to read. One of us loves to collect books in the event of ever having the chance to read them.
All of us like sports. Two of us have realized that our minds want to write checks that our bodies are just not able to cash.
Of all the differences and all the similarities, there are two common denominators that are the most important: one is that we love each other very much. We like each other. We look forward to the times we get to spend together.
The second is by far the most important: we all love Jesus Christ. We are choosing every day to be disciples (learners) and apostles (teachers) out of our love for our Lord. It is this bond that we hope to pass on for generations to come.
"Choose you this day who you will serve. As for me and my house we will serve The Lord." Joshua 24: 15
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