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October 24, 2004
Blogging and The Bible
Last Wednesday, La Shawn Barber announced she was taking a few days off from her blog to Retreat and Evaluate how her blog fit in with her Christian life. It's something that I think every Christian blogger should consider. She wrote:
I want that peace, but right now I don’t have it as far as the blog is concerned. I’m not tired of it. I’ve just had doubts lately about why I’m doing this. Am I glorifying God or myself?
I can't speak for all bloggers. My experience with blogging may or may not be typical. I may or may not be typical. I can only speak for myself. I know that I worry far too much about who's reading, whether they comment, and any number of other things.
Before Church started this evening, I was asked if I was going to stand up and sing. I love to sing, though I'm usually reluctant to do so when anyone can hear me beyond my immediate family. I told her that I'd think about it, but in the end, I chose not to stand. I just didn't have a song that seemed right.
I've stood to sing in Church before. Though I don't think much of my singing voice, other people at our church seem to. This means one of two things. Either (a) most of the people at our church are losing their hearing (most of them are older people) or (b) they're reacting more to what I'm singing than to how I'm singing it. I prefer to think it's the latter, honestly.
Either way, I usually get a few compliments when I stand to sing during our service, and I won't deny that the compliments are a good feeling. Still, it's nothing compared to the joy that washes over me while I'm singing His praise. Ultimately, tonight, when I thought about singing, it felt more like I was thinking about it because I wanted the compliments than because I had a song that I felt He wanted me to sing in His name. It would've been selfish and sinful for me to sing under those circumstances, so I chose not to sing. It was that simple.
Christian bloggers need to make that same distinction. When we write a post, whether it's on politics, or movies, or our faith, are we writing because we need to say what we're saying, or are we writing for the possibility of getting trackbacks and comments?
Posted by Robin S. at October 24, 2004 09:25 PM
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