I've had this "nudging" feeling for a while to start writing about my faith. About what I am learning. About how I am evolving. About how none of it is about me, but how I am being used. Addressing misconceptions I have had about being a Christian and personal struggles I have with what I believe. I've been wanting to write about joy and pain and comfort and suffering and hope and torment within the realm of practicing Christianity.
Last night I went to a ladies get together at our church. It was a little gathering to talk about classes and mentoring groups you could sign up for this Fall, followed by a short lecture titled Life Beyond Laundry - Completing What God Has Prepared For You.
The teacher opened with this: "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Eph 2:10
Let's be real people. Sometimes I can read a bible verse over and over and not get what it means. And this is one of them. It seems simple enough. Do good works. Ok. Sure. Whatever that means. Wait, what does it mean?
It took a minute, but I get it now. God created me, and gave me gifts to use. He's already prepared the way for me. He's given me the tools. But now I have to pick up the tools and really use them. And not just for my own fame and glory, but so people would know God and how good he is.
So, here we go. This new blog. I've got the tools (a laptop and a typing skills and a love for God) and now I've just got to use them so that when you read this blog, you see God's love and grace and not Nikki.
