Beginnings

 

I have aspired to join the blogging community for quite some time.  It seems to be a very trendy and intriguing place to be.  Despite this, I have remained absent.  You may ask why I have failed to act on my ambition.  My hesitance has been due to a simple fact – I am bad with names.  Not in the sense of remembering the moniker given to a person or thing, but in the sense of assigning a title to a work.  I simply lack the creative ability to name things.  [It leaves me to wonder how I would have felt in Adam’s shoes…]  I have continued to dream dreams of the blogging world, refusing to make my dreams a reality until finding the perfect name.  Much to my excitement that moment happened this past weekend. 

 

Resolute wanderings. 

 

I am greatly indebted to Dr. Sickler for using a similar phrase in his sermon on Sunday that sparked a small bit of creative genius.  In reality there wasn’t much creativity on my part; I only had to be innovative enough to change -ers to -ings.  Nothing too groundbreaking but great improvement for me.  

 

This title resonated with me immediately.  It perfectly describes where I am [and probably most of you are] in life.  I find myself wandering aimlessly along any number of different courses, all the while knowing that I have resolutely set out toward a specific goal, namely the great Kingdom in which we participate.  The end result is in sight.  [It is already here.]  However, the road is long, winding, and often confusing.  [It is not yet here.]  We know where we are headed, we just aren’t exactly sure which route to take or how long it will be before we get there.  It might take me years to reach the goal, but nevertheless, I will reach it.   To steal from a close friend, this present sojourn is a resolute wandering.  

 

This is the beginning.