The Resurection of this Blog. . .
I had forgotten that this thing even existed. Its been close to two years since the last time I posted. So much has changed since then. Ive been through so much in the last three years that I am actually amazed that I am still standing. I credit that to the fact that God is merciful and though I didn’t know it He was there the whole time. You see, the last two years have been hard in a lot of ways. Im not going to go into all of that but to say this, I have been in this weird place where I feel like things are changing all around me and stuck in the middle. But with the bad comes the good. I can honestly say that I am more of a man today than I was two years ago. I can also attest to the fact that its not just by sheer dumb luck things happen. I’m realizing more and more that everything happens for a reason. Like scripture says “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. . .(Eccles 3:1)” In realizing all of this I have come to know that I am and have been in a period of transition, in a lot of ways, from boyhood to manhood. I did not have concrete beliefs before, but now I am starting to. Immutable things such as the sovereignty of God, the Love of the Father, and the utmost necessity of the Holy Spirit, and all this wrapped up in the person-hood of Jesus Christ. Wow that was a really liberating statement to make. I am also glad to say that I am learning what it is to really find joy. You could say that I’m learning to laugh. If you know my past, then you know this is a major thing. I think that this is funny because its like of this started to sprout with spring time. This winter really did feel like a death of sorts, but now I feel life returning to these dry bones. The future is bright, and hope in Christ is real, and more than that it is the only real thing. All else can pass away, but the Love of God and the hope of Christ remains. I think that is a fitting place to end for now. To those that read this thank you and good day.
Derick
