One Year Today

What a blessing it’s been to be a blogger this past year. I’ve learned so much from so many and I’m grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to share in my understanding with others and to be challenged by theirs. I’ve been given the opportunity to study the scripture with believers from all denominations and to debate theology with scholars a thousand times my better. I’ve been given access to and directed toward volumes of materials that were previously reserved only for those who had time to spend untold hours in numerous libraries. This has all been a great blessing to me.

I’ve watched unity rise up out of diversity and the hardhearted reconciled to the weak minded for the edification of us all. I’ve seen walls that divide us begin to crumble one life at a time. I’ve been given real hope for the future of our faith and the spread of the Gospel by the devotion demonstrated by those here so much younger than myself.

Most of all I’m thankful for the blessed fellowship with believers far and near. I’ve been privileged to partner in prayer with some of the most wonderful children of God from all over the globe and I’ve developed a deep and abiding love for each one. I’ve been encouraged in ways I never dreamed of and we’ve shared in our sorrow and our joy. We’ve joined together in praise and worship. We’ve shared in a laugh and we’ve cried and pleaded for each other before His throne.

I’d like to thank each one of you for the fellowship and for the time you set aside to engage with me in comments, mails, discussion and prayers. I pray that somehow I can repay you in kind for your love and that together we can bring glory to our Lord and further His cause.