Happy blogiversary to me! - I realized mid week that I forgot last Wednesday, 7/6, was my blog anniversary or birthday, whichever you wish to call it. I've been hitting the keyboard here at The Great Separation for three years now.
It all started with this post, Thus it Begins.
And so I've made some great friends along the way and learned a few things about perseverance, the importance of daily writing, and what it feels like to get a death threat from around the world.
I've not been blogging as much in the last year because one of the things I focused on was the writing of my first novel, Sins of Our Fathers.
Here's the tag line for novel:
A pastor must confront his bitterness with God to stop the serial murderer in his church and save the woman he's discovered he loves.
Since I'm thinking about the last year, it might be a good idea to jot down some things for myself when I look back on this day.
Let's see...
There is the aforementioned novel, which I'm currently editing yet again. I need to find some readers for this current edit come to think about it.
Also, I attended my first writers conference this year. Which is one of the reasons I need to get this editing done. I met with an acquisitions editor who is interested in it.
I would like to say, I joined writer's group. I need work on that yet. Trick is time.
I would like to say, I found financial security.
I would like to say, I fell in love.
I committed to and saw through my first mission trip which was a wonderful experience and I pray I was able to show forth the light and love of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with all those I worked.
Oh, here's a huge accomplishment for me that is definitely the working of my God, I worked off over one hundred pounds. It's still hard for me to think that I put on that much weight. Friends are telling me I can stop now. But I still have some weight to drop, though it is getting a lot harder.
I would like to say, I conquered my fear of roller coasters (pic is from Dec 21, 2005. I'm a good deal heavier there than I am now).
And best of all, I do feel closer in my relationship to the Father. Though times have been difficult of late and I've been faced with some disappointments, though I've questioned God, and though the future still remains shrouded for me, I do know that He recognizes my needs and He is in control. I just have to remember to relinquish that control and listen intently to His direction. Not an easy task always. But in the striving, strength of reliance is hardened.
Three years... I wonder where I will be next year at this time?
I will wait and see.
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