I have been thinking tonight about the great unity we have as believers in Christ.  One of the things I love is that when we put our faith in Christ, we all trusted in the same gospel of grace.

Ephesians 2 says that “…God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ… so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”

I love it.  Tonight, Billy Graham, [insert Christian hero here], and Tim Starn are all clinging to the same truths.

Even in heaven, the great apostle Paul, John Calvin, & Charles Spurgeon and crying out together with us all - “Chief of sinners!”

We join in the chorus of the GREATEST and the least of the saints - who sing, not of how great we are or how far we’ve come, but instead of how great our God is and how mighty HE is to save.

When I step back and think of the kindness of God towards me, I can’t help but be filled with love for my Savior - not because I’m naturally so full of love for God - but only because of his great love toward me first.

1 John 4 - “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins… We love because he first loved us.”

“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” - Hebrews 10:19-25

Praise Jesus for his Word.

We can have confidence in a God who forgives, a God who speaks, a God who listens, a God who loves, a God who renews, and a God who is coming again so that we can be with him forever.

Well, my lovely wife, Emily, was talking today about starting a blog - something that I also have been considering for quite some time now.  Naturally, as a thinker, I have thought many times that a blog would be a great way of cataloging my thoughts and sharing them with others.

However, there are typically three problems that I run into that hinder me from actually starting a blog.

The first, of course, is the problem of “lack of readers.”  Really now, there are a lot of blogs out there, and it might be a little much to assume that people are actually going to be interested in what I have to say, considering their other options.

This leads right into my next problem, which is the narcissistic nature of blogs.  I mean, Facebook is bad enough - everyone telling your their every thought & opinion and hoping for as many comments as possible in an effort to justify their existence as a person.  I would just hope that no one would read my posts and think I’m full of myself (which might be true in many cases, but is not exactly a life goal of mine).

But the final problem is the big one.  Right now, I’m looking back at what I’ve written, and I feel like a total dork.  I can just imagine many of my friends (who are much cooler than me, of course) reading what I’ve just written and looking down and saying: “Oh Tim, you think you’re so cool, don’t you?  In time you’ll learn, my child.  And someday - just maybe - if you work real hard, you can be cool, too.”

And so, with all that against me, I press on.  I have decided to cast aside my doubts, to disregard the naysayers, to follow my heart, to listen to my inner child, to think positive thoughts, and to just do it - blog.

Enjoy.