The last two months have been one of the most amazing, yet busiest, in my life.
As you might know, we had a knew baby girl in early May. During that time, I also got a new job while being insanely busy at my old job. This has lead to a lack of posting. And that is a good thing.
I have struggled with approval.
It is no secret that I have wanted to be a professional writer. One of the reasons is, I love it. I like to write on topics ranging from the Bible to technology (if interested, check out Church IT, part of the 8bit Network). My main problem is, I want people to like me and approve of my work. Numbers are important to a writer because it means exposure, but I wanted numbers because it meant people like me. I would obsess over how many visitors and bounce rates on this site. If I was not seeing enough visitors, I would freak out and get upset. I was afraid people just did not like me.
This is sin.
My goal stopped being to give God glory, but to get more glory for myself. My site and my writing were / are my idol. God has thankfully ripped it away from me. In His grace, I still have the ability to write and I still have my site. However, he has taken up my time with many, many wonderful things, like my family and church community. It could have been much worse. God might have used tragedy to get my attention, but thankfully, He did not.
What do I do now?
I still have goals. I am studying the Old Testament as I originally planned, and I still want to help others study the OT. However, I have stopped submitting my site to places like Reddit and Digg. I am prayerfully considering what, if any, type of promotion this site should have. I am also making my writing schedule lighter by not posting everyday. As you might be able to tell by my many spelling and grammatical errors, sometimes I was writing just to have content. Instead, I want to write with greater care. I do not want my laziness and carelessness to be a stumbling block for someone trying to learn about God through His word. I also want to make sure I write in a way that is 100% factually correct and covers all bases. This is not to say I have intentionally mislead anyone in the past, but I have not always done a thorough fact check. For this, I apologize.
More is to come.
I believe it is within God’s will to continue to study the Bible and to share what I learn through this site. I just believe it is important to do this well and with excellence as to glorify God in my writing. For the handful of you who still follow on RSS, and who check out my site daily, thank you for the last few years of readership, and I pray that I can serve you better in the future.
Thanks and God bless.
-Don-
I'm still following you. And for the record, while it may not have been your goal, I feel God has been glorified through what you've written over the past years.