400

 400. No it's not the sequel to the movie 300. It's not a homerun total, or a point total for any sports. 400. It's the total number of blog posts I have posted since I started my blog in January 2011. When given a list of tasks to complete for my ministry schooling, I picked blogging as my choice. I had no idea on what I was doing. My wife helped come up with the name for the blog. Once that was accomplished, I just started writing and writing and writing.

If you would have told me that 14 years later that I would still be blogging, I would have said "yeah right!" But here I am, still going.

Originally my blog was just about my life and things that I have gone through or endured. Then the Holy Spirit took over and wanted me to lift up, strengthen and encourage. So my posts started to change. They were still personal to what I was going through or something that had happened to me, but I was to use it to help others who might be going through something similar.

Proverbs 27:17 New Living Translation

17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

A lot of my posts are music or movie driven. I hear a song and it will trigger something in me. A reminder of sorts. Or I see a movie and it's will spark an idea to blog about. When these things happen, I don't believe that it is by coincidence. I believe that it is the Holy Spirit wanting me to use these tools to write about something that somebody may need and not know it.

If I'm outside on a walk, or hiking, God will speak to me about this idea or that idea. I know it's from Him because He will not let me forget about it, until I get out in writing.

I could be driving, working, really any kind of activity and The Lord will speak to me and give me the idea of what to write. If it were up to me, I would have been finished about a week into this project. 

Proverbs 3:5 Amplified Bible

5 Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

So as this is actually post 401, I hope that the previous 400 have encouraged you. Lifted you up. Inspired you. Challenged you in some way. I pray that my iron sharpened your iron.

So here is to another 400, God willing.

God bless.

Rev. Keven