I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years, and it’s been a great experience.  As a reason for me to more fully consider thoughts I have about God, it’s been a good exercise.  Instead of making a quick note about a verse or idea, having this blog provides an outlet for thinking those things through.  As a way to share with others what I learn about God, it’s also been successful, as the number of readers continues to grow.  (Thank you to all of my readers!). However, there are a few things I wish were a lot better, and here are three examples.

I wish I could interact more with other bloggers
Between job and family responsibilities, I have very, very little time to read other blogs, much less to comment on them or engage with other bloggers.  I subscribe to a bunch of blogs but on a typical day I can only read 1-2 of these (if any).  Retirement is a long way off, but my hope is that I’m still doing this when that happens and that I’ll devote a lot more time to reading and engaging with a lot more Christian blogs.  If I’m not reading and commenting on your blog, I wish I could.

I wish I could finish at least one series I’ve started
I’m much more ambitious when it comes to wanting to write a long blog series than I’m able to finish.  In fact, I haven’t finished a single series I’ve started.  Since I want to post often, it’s a lot easier to write about what’s currently on my mind than to continue a series I’ve started.  So, a wish I have is to complete a long series of posts on one topic.  I’ve started a series on the beatitudes, the songs of ascent, Ebenezers (or instances of “but God…” in the Bible) and others, but haven’t completed any of them.  Maybe I’m supposed to focus on one-shot posts, but I’d like to be able to finish what I start!

I wish I could live up to my blog’s expectations
This will never happen in full until we reach eternity, but my last wish is that I can live up to the life I recommend and encourage on this blog.  I write a lot of “today, do this” type of posts but personally don’t often follow through.  I make a lot of statements about how to better represent Jesus in this world, but in reality, I routinely fail to live that kind of life.  Should this stop me from writing the way I do?  It shouldn’t, but I’m not unaware of the teaching of James 3:1, which says: “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”  Everything I write on this blog (and do in life) will be judged by God, not to determine my salvation, but to reveal whether I have lived this life as one called to holiness by Christ.  Not an easy task, and this is why Paul tells us to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”[1]  This life is not ours to do with as we please, but fortunately we have a God of mercy who saves us and completes the work he began in us[2].

Fellow blog readers and writers, perfection and Christlikeness are not attainable in this world, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be our objective.

May our blogging wishes come true!

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[1] Philippians 2:12b
[2] Philippians 1:6