Decisions

I decided at the end of last year that I wanted to begin blogging, and yet the task has been looming now for five whole days.  Badibangasnotyethome has been sitting unattended, and yet thought of daily, on my laptop's browser.  For some reason I feel all of this pressure to write in a certain way about certain things!  The pressure comes from within, it always does.  I feel like the proverbially "they" out there are going to judge my writing or my decisions in life, but when it comes down to it, it's all in my head and I want this just to be fun!

I decided on Not Yet Home... because as an American, living in South Africa, I am reminded daily that I'm not at home and yet when I return to America for visits I also don't quite feel "at home".  Hebrews is one of my favourite books in the Bible and in chapter 11 I see I am in good company feeling "Not Yet Home...".

Hebrews 11:13-16:
¹³ All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. ¹⁴ People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

I decided this morning that I would make a list of all the things I want to include in this blog.  The list includes personal sanctification, marriage, ministry, teaching, my struggle with and delight of food, friends, family, books, movies, music, etc.  I hope you'll enjoy reading these updates as much as I'll enjoy writing them.  I am sure I'll learn a lot about myself in the process and I hope you do too!

Enjoy!