The Purpose Of A Blog

To whom it may concern:

I felt strangely inspired to write about this. Often people use blogs to say what exciting thing has just happened in their life, or what drama is going on. While the first part can be entertaining and fun to read, the second would be a pass for me.

Blogging can be a useful and effective way of keeping friends, family and acquaintances updated on what you are up to in life. They can also be very useful to present ways of thinking, opinions about certain subjects, viewpoints, or writings to cause the reader to think about complex ideas. All of these can be made to be interesting, at times refreshing, but most of all a good way for people to learn a little about how you think.

I do not think blogging should be a place for you to rant and complain about how life sucks, and then list one by one everything terrible in your life. First of all, that is a waste of Internet space. Second, do you honestly think that you’re the only one who is going through something? Third, this way of blogging brings negative attention to the writer, especially if the reader does not know the writer all that well. Think about it. If you don’t know someone very well and then you read a blog full of a “Crapstorm” of drama, that can be quite the mighty first impression. I understand the occasional need to vent. We all need it, but once you blog it, there’s no telling how many people will read it and you can’t take words back. Also, how much of yourself do you really want to give away to people?

I will not intend for this blog-site to be a place to rattle out all of my problems for the world to see, but to relay some of the lessons and aspects of the problems for the reader to investigate. Why is this? Because while we may not all be going through identical trials, doesn’t mean that we aren’t being taught similar principles by the Lord. A good example of this would be Courtney posting a link to my previous blog in one of her’s. While she and I weren’t dealing with the same issue in particular, the lessons correlated.

I want my blogs to be an encouragement for those that are hurting. Sometimes it helps to see that others are going through fires too and it’s cool to be able to relate to one another. When I’m hit with the realization of something I become stoked, and want to show everyone the exciting things that God is doing in my life.

I am a thinker and analyst. I hope to produce writings that will cause readers to think. I also want to exhort you to truly seek the Lord, and to try and look at things not only biblically, but how we can apply lessons spiritually. I’m not a teacher. I do not preach. All I want is for the reader to think.

And remember, if you look, God can be found.

 

-Midnight