Why I Blog...

I've missed something... and I just noticed it. What I have just come to realize, is that almost every blog I visit has a post somewhere in it's archives that is devoted to the reason the author chose his or her particular little corner of the blogosphere to call home and why.

Hummmmmm....., I don't think I have ever explained why I own 'Man Coming Alive', why I named it that, or even what gives me the right to write things down here. So, just in case the blogosphere cops come snooping, here goes:

Men's Study 2004 - I helped lead a men's study of the John Eldredge book 'Wild at Heart'. All through that book, Eldredge talks of coming alive in Christ and accepting your role as a man of God. Me and 10 other guys got it. We all came alive and were made more aware to God's grace, forgiveness and blessings and stepped up and accepted our place in His battle. We all 'Came Alive' as Christians. We weren't dead or anything like that, just snoozing.

Discovered what a "Blog" was April 2005- One day while searching for references to the Holy Spirit being described as 'the Wild Goose', I found a blog that a guy in Colorado writes about his family. I was intrigued that this guy wrote about what happens in his day to day life, what God was doing in his family, and just his every day guy stuff/ramblings. But even more so, I wondered just who in the world really cares. That's when I found our that he has a reader base of around 600 people that care about his ramblings.

August 2005- Decided that maybe someone would want to read what God was doing for me. I took the leap and created a free blog on blogger and decided that I would write about what God spoke to me, taught me, and showed me through my everyday life. If anything, I thought it would be a great way to get it down before I forgot it. So, using the John Eldredge 'Coming Alive' theme, Man Coming Alive was born.

So, two plus years later, I'm still here, still writing and still coming alive. My reader base is only around 30 or so per day, but of that, 700 or so are faithful to log on at least monthly and read about a common guy's walk with Christ and what I learn along the way. I know for a fact that God speaks to me through everyday things and I've written a ton of posts that prove it. If you've noticed, I keep everything current and I don't write about things that happened years and years ago because to be honest with you, I'm ashamed I wasn't following His lead then. You won't find many stories about when I was a kid because I only want what is current, fresh, and newly spoken to me through my life now.

Looking back, I'm glad that God led me to this little corner of the blogosphere. If I didn't blog, I'd have missed out on a wealth of info because, and you can ask my wife, I've got a really crappy short term memory. I'm sure I've missed a few here and there, but at least I've captured and expanded on many of the good ones through blog posts. And that my friends is why I, and every other Christian should write down what God teaches them. Remember, His grace tip-toes around our everyday experiences in this world. And it's only when we see with the eyes of our heart that we are able to learn what He's trying to teach us. This is my story about those little glimpses I've had...