So What's This About, Anyway?

Phew! I'm so glad you asked...

So this came about because of an assignment for a class on Prayer; the assignment was to write our own Psalm as a prayer exercise (you can read it in this post). Well, God had been showing me some pretty heavy stuff, and writing the psalm just seemed like a good way to encapsulate everything God had been showing me.

Well, through a series of circumstances, I ended up sharing it at church. I am (as of this writing) still hearing from people about how much they appreciated me sharing it, and have given out at least a dozen copies. I met someone this past weekend who asked me to email them a copy, and in their reply they told me that my psalm is something they can turn to help them remember how much God loves them.

When I sat down to write that psalm, I had no idea that it would have that kind of impact. It has been and continues to be overwhelming. I feel so grateful that I'm not alone in these feelings, but to have my words end up holding such power...I don't know what to do. Except...

So as part of this class, we were to pick a prayer exercise to engage in for three weeks. Well, I chose to continue to write psalms, or sacred poetry, or whatever is the best term for it. My classmates were very supportive of the poems I posted, which often felt very rough to me and not terribly impressive (but then again, I didn't think much of the first psalm, either).

I have been feeling this simmering urge to write, but it was never at the forefront of my plans or dreams. However, the urgings of several respondents to what I shared at church have made me reconsider. It is always a titillating thought that people might want to read what you've written, but this experience is showing me that there might be people out there who need to read what I'm writing.

I know that last statement sounds extremely self-important, and that I'm including it as a reason for starting this blog doesn't exactly help my argument against it. Nonetheless, I don't say it because that's my opinion, but merely because of the reaction to what I've already shared. It's somewhat frightening to think about and adds all kinds of pressure, so I think I'll just focus on God and writing to and for Him and let others react as they may.

My hope is to post about three times a week. I don't know what the schedule will be yet as I'm still new to this, but I hope to find a rhythm soon. I'll post a schedule once I've established one. For now, I've got a few psalms already composed that I'll put up over the next few days.

That's all for now; thanks for reading!