Friday, November 12, 2010

New Everything!

So I tried getting back into blogging back in the summer and thought it would stick, but alas it didn't. So I am trying something new. A lot of people just blog to blog. They just write about their life, what they like, what they are up to, day to day stuff. I have figured out I cannot do this. I may, very rarely, just write about my life, because I believe over the next few months there will be life happening, that I may want to write about. But here is my new Blog Gimmick: I will do something new, that I have never done, at least once a week and write on it. Boo-YA! I doubt this is original in the realm of blogs. But I don't know anyone who does this. I know people who wear a new t-shirt, or do a new design, but I am expanding it to doing ANYTHING NEW. So some weeks I may do something new and amazing like skydive. Other weeks I may just try a new food of some sort. I have started thinking over the last couple weeks what I could write about and these were the new things that have happened: I installed a front door. (pretty proud of that one) I tried beef tongue tacos (didn't really enjoy it, but it was a new experience).
Here is my reasoning for doing this. Life is filled with things I have no idea about. God has created an entire world and I don't believe he made me to just enjoy a little bit of it. I already have a passion for trying new things, especially food. Those who know me well, know that most of the time when I go out to restaurants I don't order the usual (whatever that might be), I want to experience something new. So now my life will hopefully try and reflect that. Because I don't want to live a life that has no adventure, no excitement, no wonder. I want to drink from the cup of creation. Check that, I want to chug the cup. Just thinking about all the new things God will teach me, and show me, and the new ways I will learn who He is, and how find Him in everything I do gets me excited.
My new theme verse that I have adopted over the last 6 months or so is 2 Cor 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come!"
So, I challenge you. Do something new. Be someone new. Allow God to transform you through His creation. Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 
Lamentations 3:22-23

2 comments:

Aunt Cindy said...

Good to see you back on with a new idea. Want to try putting in a kitchen faucet? That would be an adventure.

abby! said...

Yay! So excited to be seeing a weekly post from you. It's going to be great!